Where does “byl” come from?

byl (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian bádHr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰádʰHr̥, from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰh₂- — to dig, burrow; to pierce, stab.

Ancestry of “byl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-IranianbádHr̥spade, shovel
2Proto-Indo-IranianbʰádʰHr̥—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰedʰh₂-to dig, burrow; to pierce, stab

Words derived from “byl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰádʰHr̥ →Every word from Proto-Iranian bádHr̥ →
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