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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bew-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-European

Reconstruction

An onomatopoeic doublet of *bʰew- (“to inflate, to blow”).

Root

*bew- [1]

  1. to blow, to whizz, to turmoil
  2. to strike, to poke

Descendants
  • *bow-eh₂yé-ti (“eh₂-causative”)
    • Ancient Greek: βοάω (boáō, “to hawl”)
  • *bow-to- (“t-participle”)

Extensions
  • *bowk-
    • Indo-Aryan:
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Slavic: *bučati (“to howl, to roar”)[3] (see there for further descendants)
      • Slavic: *bykъ (“bull”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Germanic: *pukkô (see there for further descendants)
  • *bowks-
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Slavic: *buxati (“to strike with a boom”)
    • Italic:
      • Latin: buxus (possibly)
        • → Ancient Greek: πύξος (púxos)
        • → Germanic: *buhsuz (see there for further descendants)
  • *bowl-
    • Celto-Italic:
      • Gaulish: bulla (“blister”)
        • → Latin: bulliō (“to bubble, to boil”)
    • Germanic: *būlō (see there for further descendants)
    • Germanic: *pullaz (see there for further descendants)
  • *bowr-
    • Slavic: *buřa (“storm”)
    • Slavic: *bury (“weed”)[4]

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 97
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “būteō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 77
  3. The same verb also means to clump, to bloat which is likely an extension of *bujаti (“to sprout, to rage”) < *bʰew-.
  4. This lemma can as well be a r/n-derivative of *bujаti < *bʰew-.
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