Where does “خون‌بها” come from?

خون‌بها (Persian) comes from Persian بها, from Pahlavi wahāg, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

خون‌بها (Persian): price of a person's life; blood money, wergeld (monetary compensation to the family of a murder victim)

Definitions

  1. price of a person's life; blood money, wergeld (monetary compensation to the family of a murder victim)

Ancestry of “خون‌بها”, step by step

خون‌بها traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian بها

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبهاprice, value; goodness; beauty
2Pahlaviwahāg—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe

via Persian خون

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianخونblood
2Proto-Iranian*wahūnī—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes- →Every word from Pahlavi wahāg →Every word from Persian بها →