Where does “baw-” come from?

baw- (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Ancestry of “baw-”, step by step

baw- traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European bʰew-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

via Proto-Indo-European bʰewh₂-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewh₂-

via Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂u-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂u-to be, become

Words derived from “baw-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew-
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