Proto-IE: *yewǝ- (Gr zd-)
Meaning: a k. of cereals
Hittite: ewa- n. `eine Feldfrucht, Abart der Gerste' (Tischler 119)
Old Indian: yáva-ḥ m. `barley, corn'; yávya- `suitable for barley; m. stock of barley or fruit'; (Kafir) Ashkun, Waigali yū `barley, millet'
Avestan: yava- `crop', yǝvīn- m. 'Getreidefeld'
Other Iranian: Pers ǯav 'Gerste, Kurd', Baluchi ǯaw, ǯō `barley', Yagn yau̯ 'id.', Osset jäw `millet'
Old Greek: zdei̯á-i̯ f., later zdei̯ā́, zdeǟ́ (zdéǟ) `Dinkel, Spelt, Triticum monococum', zdéi̯-dōro- `Spelt (Getreide)', zdeó-ṗüro-n `Art Triticum',LS: Hom. phǖsí-zdoo- as epith. of earth, prob. 'producing dzéa, âi̯a, but reinterpreted as from zdōǟ́ (zdóǟ) 'producing life' Aesch., etc.
Celtic: OIr eorna `Gerste'
Russ. meaning: растение (какой-то злак)
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