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Where does “barjíš” come from?

barjíš (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰarȷ́ʰíš, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “barjíš”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianbʰarȷ́ʰíšpillow; bed or layer of grass
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵʰ-to swell
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “barjíš”

  • بالش
  • বালিশ
  • بالش
  • bʾlšn'
  • баз
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