Northern Kurdish av

← Avestan 𐬀𐬞 (cognate)

← Baluchi آپ (cognate)

← Bakhtiari او (cognate)

← Persian آب (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (derived)

← Pashto اوبه (cognate)

← Sanskrit अप् (cognate)

→ Baluchi آپ (cognate)

→ Persian آب (cognate)

→ Northern Kurdish girav (affix)

→ Northern Kurdish avbend (compound)

→ Pashto اوبه (mention)