Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰaȷ́ʰúš
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥ǵʰ-ú-s (zero-grade), from *bʰenǵʰ-.
Adjective
[edit]*bʰaȷ́ʰúš (comparative *bʰánȷ́ʰyas, superlative *bʰánȷ́ʰištʰas)[1][2]
Derived terms
[edit]- *bʰaȷ́ʰu-lás (< *bʰn̥ǵʰ-u-lós)
- *bʰaȷ́ʰw-íH f (< *bʰn̥ǵʰ-w-íh₂)
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *baźʰúṣ[3]
- Proto-Iranian: *bajúš
- →? Proto-Finnic: *paksu (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “bahú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “bahú-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 220
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bahú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press