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Where does “Βῡ́ζᾱς” come from?

Βῡ́ζᾱς (Ancient Greek) comes from Thracian *būzas, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-, from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V, from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V — young he-goat.

Ancestry of “Βῡ́ζᾱς”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thracian*būzas—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
3Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V—
4Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat

Words derived from “Βῡ́ζᾱς”

  • Byzantine
  • Byzantium
  • Byzantinological
  • sub-Byzantine
  • out-Byzantine
  • Byzantinologist
  • Russo-Byzantine
  • byzantine
  • Byzantinology
  • Byzantium
  • byzantinus
  • byzantin
  • byzantinisme
  • byzantinologue
  • byzantinologie
  • byzantiniste
  • Βυζάντιον
  • Biosáintiam
  • ბერძენი
  • बीज़ान्टिन
  • byzantinus
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