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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thracian | *būzas | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuǵ- | buck, he-goat |
| 3 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVχc̣V | — |
| 4 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVc̣V | young he-goat |
Words derived from “Βῡ́ζᾱς”