Where does “ബുജി” come from?

ബുജി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam ബുദ്ധി, from Sanskrit बुद्धि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan bʰúddʰiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰúdᶻdʰiš, from Proto-Indo-European bʰúdʰtis, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

ബുജി (Malayalam): nerd

Definitions

  1. nerd

Ancestry of “ബുജി”, step by step

ബുജി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam ബുദ്ധി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamബുദ്ധിwisdom, intelligence
2Sanskritबुद्धिintelligence, the power of forming and retaining...
3Proto-Indo-Aryanbʰúddʰiṣ
4Proto-Indo-Iranianbʰúdᶻdʰiš
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰúdʰtis
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

via Malayalam ജീവി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamജീവിliving organism
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰúdʰtisEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰúdᶻdʰiš