Etymology

From Proto-Iranian (compare Persian خایه ‎(xâye), Ossetian айк ‎(ajk), Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬨 ‎(aēm) (aēm, aiam)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *āwja-(ka), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm ‎(“egg”) (compare Armenian ձու ‎(ju), English egg, Italian uovo, Russian яйцо ‎(jajco)).