Etymograph

English

bacha

Bacha comes from Persian بچه ‘child, kid’, from Proto-Iranian *wacáh ‘calf’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wet- ‘year’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wet-‘year’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wétos‘year’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wetsós‘having a year’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*watsás‘yearling calf’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*wacáh‘calf’reconstructed
  6. Persianc. 900–presentبچه‘child, kid’
  7. Englishtodaybacha

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wet-‘year’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wétos‘year’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wetsós‘having a year’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*watsás‘yearling calf’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*wacáh‘calf’reconstructed
  6. Persianc. 900–presentبچه‘child, kid’
  7. Englishtodaybacha

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wet- ‘year’

veal, wether, viol, 17 more

through Proto-Indo-European *wétos ‘year’

veteran, veterinary, veterinarian, inveterate, 9 more

Today it means

noun A dancing boy in parts of Central Asia.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wet- / bacha

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