Etymology

From Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Persian زمستان ‎(zemestân), Kurdish zivistan, Ossetian зымӕг ‎(zymæg)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *jʰim- (compare Sanskrit हिम ‎(himá)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰim-, *ǵʰyem- (compare Old Church Slavonic Old Church Slavonic зима ‎(zima)).