Where does “ბუნაგი” come from?
ბუნაგი (Georgian) comes from Old Armenian բունակ, from Old Armenian բոյն, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewH-no-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.
ბუნაგი (Georgian): den, lair
Ancestry of “ბუნაგი”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Armenian | բունակ | den, lair |
| 2 | Old Armenian | բոյն | nest of a bird; den, lair, kennel, burrow, hole... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewH-no- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |