Where does “بەل” come from?

بەل (Uyghur) comes from Persian بیل, from Middle Persian byl, from Proto-Iranian bádHr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰádʰHr̥, from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰh₂- — to dig, burrow; to pierce, stab.

بەل (Uyghur): waist, loin

Definitions

  1. waist, loin

Ancestry of “بەل”, step by step

بەل traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian بیل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبیلshovel, spade; 12 hours
2Middle Persianbyl
3Proto-IranianbádHr̥spade, shovel
4Proto-Indo-IranianbʰádʰHr̥
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰedʰh₂-to dig, burrow; to pierce, stab

via Proto-Turkic bẹ̄l

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicbẹ̄lwaist
2Proto-Turkic*bẹ̄Denotes "to be" for first person singular when at the end of an object; am

Words derived from “بەل

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰádʰHr̥Every word from Proto-Iranian bádHr̥
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