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Where does “بوّن” come from?

بوّن (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian *buHnáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰudʰnás, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰ(m̥)nés, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

Ancestry of “بوّن”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*buHnáh—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianbʰudʰnásbottom, ground
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰ(m̥)nés—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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