Where does “بن” come from?

بن (Pashto) comes from Proto-Iranian hapáθniH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sapátniH, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥pótnih₂ — co-wife.

بن (Pashto): co-wife

Definitions

  1. co-wife

Ancestry of “بن”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-IranianhapáθniHco-wife
2Proto-Indo-IraniansapátniHco-wife
3Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥pótnih₂co-wife

Words derived from “بن”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥pótnih₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian sapátniH →Every word from Proto-Iranian hapáθniH →