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• Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- to become, grow, appear

  • Proto-Indo-European *bʰúH-t

    • Albanian bëhem become, get
    • Balto-Slavic *būtei to be

      • Lithuanian būti to be
      • Slavic *byti to be

        • East Slavic

          • Russian быть bytʹ to be
        • South Slavic

          • Serbo-Croatian би̏ти bȉti to be
        • West Slavic

          • Polish być to be
    • Germanic *būanã to dwell, to reside

      • West Germanic

        • Old English būan to dwell
        • Old High German būan to build

          • German bauen to build, to construct
          • Yiddish בויען boyen build, construct
      • Old Norse búa to dwell, to prepare

        • Danish bo to live, to dwell, to stop, an estate, an abode, a nest
        • Icelandic búa to dwell, to prepare, to run a farm or home
        • Old Norse búinn

          • Middle English boun ready, prepared

            • Scots boun ready, prepared
            • English bound

              • English -bound moving in the direction of unrelated to meanings of binding or jumping
      • Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 bauan dwell, inhabit, live
    • Hellenic

      • Classical Greek φύω phúō to grow, to give birth to, to be by one's nature, to be natural

        • Classical Greek φύσις phúsis origin, nature, form, Nature

          • Greek φύση fýsi nature
          • English physis
          • Classical Greek φυσικός phusikós natural, physical

            • Latin physica study of nature

              • Old French fisike natural science, art of healing

                • English physic

                  • English physician
          • English physics
    • Indo-Iranian

      • Indo-Aryan

        • Sanskrit 𑀪𑀽 bhū́ to be

          • Sanskrit 𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀺 bhūmi earth, soil, base, country, the element of Earth "that which is"

            • Sauraseni

              • Western Sauraseni

                • Romani phuv earth
            • Hindi भूमि bhūmi earth, soil, ground, country, Earth, Goddess of the Earth
            • Malay bumi earth, soil, Earth
            • Thai ภูมิ puu-mí land
            • English Bumi
            • Sanskrit 𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀦𑁆 bhūman world, territory, majority, assembly
            • Sanskrit bhūmisparśa earth-witness, name for a pose (or mudra) the Buddha is commonly depicted in
    • Italic *fūai

      • Latin fuī I was, I've been suppletive first-person singular perfect active indicative of sum

        • Spanish fui I was suppletive first-person singular preterite indicative form of both ir and ser
  • Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- become full grade present

    • Germanic *beunã to be, to become

      • West Germanic

        • Old English bēon to be, become

          • English be
        • Old High German bim am

          • German bin am and other suppletive forms of sein "to be"
    • Indo-Iranian *bʰávati

      • Indo-Aryan

        • Sanskrit 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀺 bhavati to be, become, happen

          • Sauraseni होइ bhodi become, be

            • Hindi होना honā be, exist
      • Iranian

        • Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 bavaiti
        • Persian بودن budan be, exist
  • Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti be becoming, be growing, be appearing imperfective

    • Celtic *buyeti

      • Brythonic

        • Welsh bod to be
      • Old Irish bí

        • Irish bí to be
    • Indo-Iranian

      • Indo-Aryan

        • Sanskrit 𑀪𑀽𑀢 bhūt ghost, spirit
    • Italic *fuiō

      • Latin fīō I become

        • Latin fīat let it be made third-person singular present active subjunctive of fiō

          • English fiat
      • Oscan 𐌚𐌉𐌉𐌄𐌕 fiiet are 3rd pl
      • Umbrian 𐌚𐌖𐌉𐌀 fuia is 3rd sing
  • Proto-Indo-European *bʰúH-tis being, existence

    • Germanic *būþiz

      • Old Norse búð

        • Icelandic búð shop, tent, camp
        • English booth
        • German Bude kiosk, booth, shack
    • Hellenic

      • Classical Greek φῠτόν phutón plant, tree, creature, descendant

        • English phyto-
        • English -phyte
  • Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-tlom dwelling

    • Germanic *bōþlã house, dwelling

      • West Germanic

        • Frankish

          • Dutch boedel estate, collective property of a person not land

            • English boodle money, swag
            • English kit and (ca)boodle
        • Old English botl

          • English bottle house, dwelling dialectic, unrelated to more common bottle
      • Old Norse ból

        • Icelandic ból abode, home, farm
      • Germanic *buþlijanã build

        • West Germanic

          • Old English byldan build

            • Old English holbyldan hole builder, builds-houses-in-holes, hobbit calque of Archaic Westron kûd-dûkan

              • English hobbit
            • English build
    • Balto-Slavic

      • Slavic *bydlo dwelling, abode

        • West Slavic

          • Sorbian bydło residence, domicile
          • Czech bydlo livelihood
          • Polish bydło cattle

            • Russian бы́дло býdlo cattle (obsolete), rabble, sheeple
  • Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH-ko

    • Armenian

      • Old Armenian բոյս boys plant, vegetation

        • Armenian բույս buys plant
  • Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH-no

    • Armenian

      • Old Armenian բոյն boyn nest

        • Armenian բույն buyn nest, den, lair, hovel
        • Turkish pin chicken coop
  • Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-lo-

    • Armenian

      • Old Armenian բոյլ boyl group, company, body, assembly

        • Armenian բույլ buyl constellation (group of stars), pack, flock, cluster
    • Hellenic

      • Classical Greek φῡλή phūlḗ tribe, race, nation, set of things, gender

        • English phylum
        • Coptic ⲫⲩⲗⲏ phulē tribe
  • Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-s

    • Italic

      • Latin -bus

        • Latin probus good, noble pro-bus, "to be forward"

          • Latin probō approve, commend, test, demonstrate

            • Western Romance

              • French

                • English prove
            • English probe
            • Latin approbō to regard as good, approve, favor

              • Spanish aprobar to approve, to pass an exam
              • French approuver to approve (of)

                • English approve
            • Latin approbātiō the act of approving

              • English approbation
        • Latin superbus proud, superior, arrogant, splendid, magnificent super-bus, "to be above"

          • English superb
        • Latin tribus one of the three tribes of Romans, a division of people, a tribe, the lower classes tri-bus, "to be a third"

          • English tribe
          • Latin tribuō grant, bestow, concede, allow

            • English tribute
            • English tributary
            • English attribute
            • English contribute
            • English distribute
            • English retribution
            • English tribunal
  • Proto-Indo-European *swe-bʰuH- to be like self, people like me

    • Balto-Slavic

      • Slavic *sьrbъ

        • East Slavic

          • Russian серб serb Serb, Serbian
        • South Slavic

          • Serbo-Croatian Ср̏би Srbi Serb, Serbian (ethnonym)

            • English Serb
        • West Slavic

          • Sorbian Serb Sorb, Serb

            • German Sorbe Sorb

              • English Sorb
    • Celtic

      • Gaulish

        • Latin Senones Senones (ethnonym)
    • Germanic *swēbaz Suebi (ethnonym)

      • West Germanic

        • Old High German

          • German Schwabe Swabian
      • Old Norse Sváfa Suebi
      • Latin suēbus Suebi

        • English Suebi Suebi
    • Italic

      • Osco-Umbrian

        • Sabine Sabus Sabine (ethnonym)

          • Latin Sabīnī Sabines (ethnonym)

            • English Sabine
            • Latin Sabina Sabine (personal name) originally an early cognomen/nickname

              • English Sabina
            • Latin Samnium land of the Sabines contraction of an earlier form, Sabinium

              • Italian Sannio region in southern Italy

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Collected English words

bound, -bound, physis, physic, physician, physics, Bumi, be, fiat, booth, phyto-, -phyte, boodle, kit and (ca)boodle, bottle, hobbit, build, phylum, prove, probe, approve, approbation, superb, tribe, tribute, tributary, attribute, contribute, distribute, retribution, tribunal, Serb, Sorb, Suebi, Sabine, Sabina