Where does “Phật” come from?

Phật (Vietnamese) comes from Middle Chinese 佛, from Pali Buddha, from Sanskrit बुद्ध, from Proto-Indo-Aryan buddʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰudᶻdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰtós, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

Phật (Vietnamese): Buddha

Definitions

  1. Buddha

Ancestry of “Phật”, step by step

Phật traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese 佛

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese佛—
2PaliBuddhaBuddha, the enlightened one
3Sanskritबुद्धawake; enlightened, conscious, intelligent,...
4Proto-Indo-Aryanbuddʰás—
5Proto-Indo-Iranianbʰudᶻdʰásaware, awake
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰtósaware
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

via Chinese 佛

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese佛Buddha

Words derived from “Phật”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰtós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰudᶻdʰás →