Where does “biś” come from?

biś (Lower Sorbian) comes from Sanskrit विंशति, from Proto-Indo-Aryan HwiHśatí, from Proto-Indo-Iranian HwiHćati, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wih₁ḱm̥t, from Proto-Indo-European dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti — two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten.

biś (Lower Sorbian): to hit, strike, beat

Definitions

  1. to hit, strike, beat

Ancestry of “biś”, step by step

biś traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit विंशति

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritविंशतिtwenty, a score
2Proto-Indo-AryanHwiHśatítwenty
3Proto-Indo-IranianHwiHćatitwenty
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁wih₁ḱm̥t—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwi(h₁)dḱm̥titwo tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten

via Proto-Slavic bìti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicbìtito beat
2Proto-Balto-Slavicbī́ˀteito beat
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyh₂-to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut

Words derived from “biś”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁wih₁ḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian HwiHćati →