Where does “بنئ” come from?

بنئ (Gawar-Bati) comes from Pashto بن, from Proto-Iranian hapáθniH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sapátniH, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥pótnih₂ — co-wife.

بنئ (Gawar-Bati): co-wife

Definitions

  1. co-wife

Ancestry of “بنئ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pashtoبنco-wife
2Proto-IranianhapáθniHco-wife
3Proto-Indo-IraniansapátniHco-wife
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥pótnih₂co-wife
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥pótnih₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian sapátniH →Every word from Proto-Iranian hapáθniH →