žū

Ashkun

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *ȷ́uȷ́ū́ (whence Prasuni luzuk), from *ȷ́iȷ́ū́ (whence Kamviri dić, Kativiri diz), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH (whence Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā́), Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁‎ (hizuuā‎), Persian زبان (zabân)), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (whence Latin lingua, Russian язы́к (jazýk), English tongue).

Noun

žū

  1. tongue
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