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Where does “باجو” come from?

باجو (Classical Malay) comes from Classical Persian بازو, from Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐏀𐎢, from Proto-Iranian baHjúh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰaHȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European bʰāǵʰus — arm.

Ancestry of “باجو”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianبازو—
2Old Persian𐎲𐎠𐏀𐎢—
3Proto-IranianbaHjúh—
4Proto-Indo-IranianbʰaHȷ́ʰúšarm
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰāǵʰusarm
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