PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN
ROOT
EXTENSIONS
• OInd. bhū- ‘become’, ‘be’, ‘arise’ (MW: 760; Whitney 1885: 113)
• OInd. bhū́ ‘act of becoming’, ‘act of arising’, ‘name of Vishnu’ (MW: 760)
• OInd. -bhu ‘becoming’, ‘existing’ (MW: 759)
• OInd. -bhúva ‘atmosphere’, ‘name of Agni’ (MW: 760)
• OInd. bhava ‘coming into existence’, ‘birth’, ‘existence’, ‘world’ (MW: 748-749)
• OInd. bhavaka ‘being’, ‘existence’ (MW: 749)
• OInd. -bhavin ‘living being’, ‘man’ (MW: 749)
• OInd. bhavan ‘being’; ‘your honor’, ‘present tense’ (MW: 749)
• OInd. bhavana ‘place of abode’, ‘dwelling’, ‘existence’ (MW: 749)
• OInd. bhúvana ‘living creature’, ‘world’ (MW: 760)
• OInd. bhúvas ‘air’, ‘atmosphere’ (MW: 760)
• OInd. bhū́ti ‘existence’, ‘prosperity’, ‘wealth’ (MW: 762)
• Ved. bhávītva (RV) ‘future’ (MW: 750)
• OInd. bhavitr̥ ‘becoming’, ‘being’, ‘what ought to become’, ‘future’ (MW: 749)
• OInd. bhavítra ‘earth’, ‘world’ (MW: 749)
• OInd. bhū́man ‘world’, ‘country’, ‘abundance’, ‘wealth’ (MW: 763)
• OInd. bhū́mī̌ ‘earth’, ‘ground’, ‘country’ (MW: 763)
• OInd. bhū́ri ‘many’, ‘much’, ‘name of Brahma’, ‘name of Vishnu’, ‘name of Shiva’ (MW: 764)
• OInd. -bhū́varī ‘name of goddess’ (MW: 764)
• OInd. bhūṣṇu ‘growing’, ‘thriving’, ‘wishing to thrive’ (MW: 764)
• OInd. bhaviṣṇú ‘imminent’, ‘thriving’, ‘becoming’ (MW: 749)
• OInd. -bhū́ya ‘becoming’, ‘being’ (MW: 763)
• OInd. bhāva ‘manner of being’, ‘nature’ (MW: 754)
• OInd. bhāvaka ‘sentiment’, ‘affection’ (MW: 755)
• OInd. bhāvin ‘about to be’, ‘as one ought to be’ (MW: 755)
• OInd. bhāvana ‘causing to be’, ‘effecting’, ‘creator’ (MW: 755)
• OInd. bhā́vuka ‘happy’, ‘auspicious’, ‘happiness’, ‘welfare’ (MW: 755)
• OInd. bubhūṣaka ‘wishing the welfare’ (of), ‘wishing to be of service’ (to) (MW: 735)
• OInd. bhāvayú ‘cherishing’, ‘protecting’ (RV), ‘ruttish’ (MW: 755, 1331)
References
MW = Monier-Williams, M. 1899. A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press.