Where does “بُم” come from?

بُم (Kashmiri) comes from Sanskrit भ्रू, from Proto-Indo-Aryan HbʰrúHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian HbʰrúHs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs — eyebrow.

بُم (Kashmiri): eyebrow

Definitions

  1. eyebrow

Ancestry of “بُم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritभ्रूeyebrow
2Proto-Indo-AryanHbʰrúHseyebrow
3Proto-Indo-IranianHbʰrúHseyebrow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰrúHseyebrow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian HbʰrúHs →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan HbʰrúHs →