Where does “بل” come from?

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

بل (Ottoman Turkish): spade; waist; spade; waist, loins

Definitions

  1. spade; waist; spade; waist, loins

Ancestry of “بل”, step by step

بل traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian بیل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبیلshovel, spade; 12 hours
2Middle Persianbyl—
3Proto-IranianbádHr̥spade, shovel
4Proto-Indo-IranianbʰádʰHr̥—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰedʰh₂-to dig, burrow; to pierce, stab

via Proto-Turkic bẹ̄l

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicbẹ̄lwaist
2Proto-Turkic*bẹ̄Denotes "to be" for first person singular when at the end of an object; am

Words derived from “بل”

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