Where does “bym” come from?

bym (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰiHmás, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyh₂- — to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut.

bym (Middle Persian): fear, fright, dread

Definitions

  1. fear, fright, dread

Ancestry of “bym”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianbʰiHmásfear
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyh₂-to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut

Words derived from “bym”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰiHmás →