wika
Tagalog
/ˈwi.kaʔ/
noun
Definitions
- language
- utterance
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit जिह्विका derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH (tongue) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (tongue, language, speech).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
Gloss
tongue, language, speech
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
語
Emoji
👅 😋 😛 😜 😝 🤑
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lingua Latin
- *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *tungǭ Proto-Germanic
- जिह्वा Sanskrit
- जिह्विका Sanskrit
- *(j)ęzykъ Proto-Slavic
- *ęzykъ Proto-Slavic
- լեզու Old Armenian
- agham Tagalog
- aghamwika Tagalog
- dalub Tagalog
- dalubwika Tagalog
- kompromiso Tagalog
- mangwika Tagalog
- wikain Tagalog
- wikang kompromiso Tagalog
- *tangʷāss Proto-Celtic
- *tangʷāt- Proto-Celtic
- *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHs Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *denɣwā Proto-Italic
- *ȷ́iźʰwáH Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *ȷ́uźʰúHs Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *inźūˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *inźūˀkas, *inźūˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *hižwáH Proto-Iranian
- *hižwáHkaH Proto-Iranian
- *jižwaH Proto-Iranian
- dingua Old Latin
- *käntwo Proto-Tocharian
- *ȷ́iȷ́ū́ Proto-Nuristani
- *ȷ́uȷ́ū́ Proto-Nuristani