Where does “bez” come from?

bez (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بز, from Persian بز, from Proto-Iranian bujáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰuȷ́ás, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-, from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V, from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V — young he-goat.

bez (Serbo-Croatian): without, excluding, not counting; linen, canvas;...

Definitions

  1. without, excluding, not counting; linen, canvas;...

Ancestry of “bez”, step by step

bez traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بز

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبزwe; goat; cloth, vestment, fabric
2Persianبزgoat
3Proto-Iranianbujáhgoat
4Proto-Indo-Iranianbʰuȷ́ásgoat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
6Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V—
7Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat

via Proto-Slavic bez

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicbezwithout
2Proto-Indo-European*bʰeǵʰs—

Words derived from “bez”

Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V →Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ- →