Where does “բահ” come from?

բահ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian բարհ, from Proto-Iranian bádHr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰádʰHr̥, from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰh₂- — to dig, burrow; to pierce, stab.

բահ (Old Armenian): spade, shovel; hoe

Definitions

  1. spade, shovel; hoe

Ancestry of “բահ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianբարհ—
2Proto-IranianbádHr̥spade, shovel
3Proto-Indo-IranianbʰádʰHr̥—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰedʰh₂-to dig, burrow; to pierce, stab

Words derived from “բահ”

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