Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰuHtás

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 *bʰuH-tó-s, from *bʰuH- (“to be”).

Adjective

*bʰuHtás[1]

become, been

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bʰuHtás
- Sanskrit: भूत (bhūtá, “been, become”) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *buHtáh
- Younger Avestan: 𐬠𐬏𐬙𐬀‎ (būta)
- >? Persian: بوته‎ (būte, “bush; child (of human or camel)”) (perhaps)

Verb

*bʰuHtás

past passive participle of *bʰáwHati (“to be”)

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2017–2018), “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S.; Joseph, Brian D.; Fritz, Matthias, editor, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The phonology of Proto-Indo-Iranian, page 1884: “PIIr. *bʰuHta-”

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2017–2018), “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S.; Joseph, Brian D.; Fritz, Matthias, editor, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The phonology of Proto-Indo-Iranian, page 1884: “PIIr. *bʰuHta-”