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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰaȷ́ʰúš

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥ǵʰ-ú-s (zero-grade), from *bʰenǵʰ-.

Adjective

*bʰaȷ́ʰúš (comparative *bʰánȷ́ʰyas, superlative *bʰánȷ́ʰištʰas)[1][2]

  1. thick
  2. abundant

Derived terms
  • *bʰaȷ́ʰu-lás (< *bʰn̥ǵʰ-u-lós)
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *baźʰulás
      • Sanskrit: बहुल (bahulá, “large, thick”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Iranian: *bajuláh
      • ⇒ Khotanese: [script needed] (balysga, “wide, large”) (< *bajula-káh)
  • *bʰaȷ́ʰw-íH f (< *bʰn̥ǵʰ-w-íh₂)
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *baźʰwíH
      • Sanskrit: बह्वी (bahvī́)

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *baźʰúṣ[3]
  • Proto-Iranian: *bajúš
    • ⇒ Avestan:
      Old Avestan: 𐬠𐬆𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (bəzuuaṇt, “dense”)
    • → Old Armenian: բազում (bazum)
  • →? Proto-Finnic: *paksu (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “bahú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “bahú-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 220
  3. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bahú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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