bhā̆ u-1 : bhū̆ -

    bhā̆ u-1 : bhū̆ -

    English meaning: to hit

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schlagen, stoßen”

    Material: a) With present formation -d-: Lat. fūstis (*bhūd-sti-s) “ a knobbed stick, cudgel, staff, club “ (= Gaul. būstis in aprov. bust “ tree stump “ etc), fūsterna “ knot, burl, burr, stump, snag “;

    Note: common Lat. ph- > f- shift, maybe Alb. fut, fus “hit, insert, copulate” O.Ir. bibdu “culpable, fiend “ (*bhe-bhud-u̯ōts), M.Ir. búalaim “hit” from *bhüud-l- ... (or *boug-l- ... to Ger. pochen above S. 98); probably also O.Ir. bodar “deaf, stuns, dazes, deafens, baffles”, Welsh byddar “deaf” (*budaro-); O.Ice. bauta (-ađa) “hit, bump, poke”, O.E. bēatan (bēot), O.H.G. boz(z)an (biez or schw. Verb) ds., M.H.G. boz, bōz, būz m. “blow, knock”, Ger. Amboß, O.E. būtel “hammer”, M.L.G. botel ds., M.H.G. bæzel “beetle, hammer”, O.Ice. bøytill “ penis of horses “; O.Ice. butr “ short piece of a tree trunk “; with expressivem tt: N.Ger. butt “dull, clumsy” (in addition the fish name Butte), M.H.G. butze “ truncated piece, clump “, O.E. buttuc “bottom, piece land”, Nor. dial. butt ‘stump, clot, chunk” (also wood skid). But O.E. bytt “ flask, a large cask or barrel, used esp. for wine, ale, or beer “ derives from Lat. buttis “ barrel, vat, cask “, also Welsh both “flask”; O.Ice. beysta “knock, hit” (*bhaud-sti-, compare Lat. fūstis); with -sk-suffix perhaps M.H.G. būsch “cudgel, club, blow, knock” (*bhūd-sko-), perhaps different from būsch “ wad, bulge; bead; lip; torus; wreath; roll; bulb “, see above S. 101. b) with t-formants: Alb. mbũt, mbũs ‘suffocate, drown”, skut. mũs ‘slay, kill”, compare përmismë “ downfallen “;

    Note: Common Alb. b > mb phonetic mutation Lat. confūtō, -üre “ to check, repress; by speech, to put down, silence “, refūtō, -üre “ to drive back, check, repress; to refute, disprove “ (mit ū from previously au), probably also fūtuō, -ere “ have sexual relationshs with (a woman), to sleep with”; maybe Alb. (*fūtuō) fut “have sexual relations with (a woman), penetrate, insert, cheat” O.Ir. fo-botha (*butüt) “threatens”, Verbaln. fubthad; Goth. bauÞs “deaf, dumb, mute”.

    References: WP. II 125 ff., WH. 1 259 f., 573 f.