Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰaȷ́ʰúš

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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]

thick
abundant

Derived terms

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

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *baźʰúṣ[3]
- Sanskrit: बहु (bahú, “many”)
  - → Gujarati: બહુ (bahu)
  - → Indonesian: bahu
  - ⇒ Sanskrit: बहुक (bahuka, “costing much”) (see there for further descendants)
  - ⇒ Sanskrit: बहुत्व (bahutva, “abundance”) (see there for further descendants)
Iranian: *bajúš
- ⇒ Avestan:
  Old Avestan: 𐬠𐬆𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙‎ (bəzuuaṇt, “dense”)
- → Old Armenian: բազում (bazum) (or inherited from Indo-European)
  - Armenian: բազում (bazum), բազմ- (bazm-)
→ Finnic: *paksu (see there for further descendants)

References

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] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 220
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “bahú (9187)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[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

[cdial-3] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “bahú (9187)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press