Where does “bız” come from?
bız (Zazaki) comes 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.
Ancestry of “bız”, step by step
bız traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Iranian bujáh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Iranian | bujáh | goat |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰuȷ́ás | goat |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuǵ- | buck, he-goat |
| 4 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVχc̣V | — |
| 5 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVc̣V | young he-goat |
via Proto-Turkic bi-ŕ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | bi-ŕ | we |