Cognate with Central Kurdish مۆز (moz, “horsefly”), Zazaki moza (“horsefly”), Mazanderani ماز (māz, “bee”). From Proto-Iranian *wábžah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wábžʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰsos, from *webʰ-. Asatrian initially derived from Armenian մոզ (moz), but later proposed the native Iranian etymology himself.