| Anc.Greek | zoè | life |
| Anc.Greek | zoon | animal |
| Kurdish | can | (pron. tsan) soul, life |
| Lettish | dziga | life |
| Arm. | dzag | chicken, 2 |
| Arm. | zagel | to produce young |
| Alb. | zogël | nestling, chick |
| Arabic | zugàlà | squab |
| Hebr. | gozal | (metath.) squab |
| Berb.: Mzag | zug | small bird; Rif zos id. |
| Berb.: Sah.maghr. | zug, zos | small bird |
| Arabic | zuqaiqa | small bird |
| Pers. | zak, zuqq, zuqqah, zukkat | small bird |
| Germ. | zögling | infant, nursling |
| Alb. | zog | young animal, chicken; zogu small bird |
| Alb. | zogë | chick, girl |
| Alb.(Italie) | tsoige | small bird |
| Ital.: Sard. | zuga | Sparrow, 410 |
| Ital.: Cal. | jozza | bird (also "cardellino que no canta") |
| Alb. | zogth, zoktah, zogëz | nestling, chick |
| Alb.nord | çoke | chick |
| Arm. | zak | small bird |
| Caucasus: Tab. | zak | small bird, sparrow |
| Lezg.: Agu. | zak, dzagu | id. |
| Lezg.: Kub., Kai. | cako | id. |
| Caucasus: Xür. | cäkova | id. |
| Caucasus: And. | xakvara | id. |
| Caucasus: Tcherk. | saghu | boy |
| Etr. | sok | girl |
| Scythic | sakri | girl |
| Lappish | sakko | girl |