Where does “ба̏хт” come from?
ба̏хт (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بخت, from Persian بخت, from Middle Persian b(ʾ)ht', from Proto-Iranian bagta-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂g- — to divide, distribute, allot.
Ancestry of “ба̏хт”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بخت | luck; fortune |
| 2 | Persian | بخت | fortune, prosperity, felicity, happiness; luck;... |
| 3 | Middle Persian | b(ʾ)ht' | fortune, luck |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | bagta- | assigned, allotted; fate |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂g- | to divide, distribute, allot |
Words derived from “ба̏хт”