Where does “*buz” come from?

*buz (Middle Median) comes from Old Median *buzah, from Proto-Iranian bujáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰuȷ́ás, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-, from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V, from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V — young he-goat.

Ancestry of “*buz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Median*buzahgoat
2Proto-Iranianbujáhgoat
3Proto-Indo-Iranianbʰuȷ́ásgoat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
5Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V
6Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat

Words derived from “*buz

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