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. 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
  • Sanskrit: बहु (bahú, “many”)
    • → Gujarati: બહુ (bahu)
    • → Bengali: বহু (bohu)
    • → Malayalam: ബഹു (bahu)
    • → Old Javanese: bahu
      • Javanese: ꦧꦲꦸ (bahu)
      • → Balinese: ᬩᬳᬸ (bahu)
      • → Indonesian: bau (learned)
    • Pali: bahu
    • Kalasha: bo
    • ⇒ Tamil: பகு (paku), வெகு (veku)
    • ⇒ Sanskrit: बहुक (bahuka, “costing much”) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Sanskrit: बहुत्व (bahutva, “abundance”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *bajúš
  • ⇒ Avestan:

    Old Avestan: 𐬠𐬆𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (bəzuuaṇt, “dense”)

  • → Old Armenian: բազում (bazum)
    • → Armenian: բազում (bazum) (learned)
• →? Proto-Finnic: *paksu (see there for further descendants)