[bʰūt], m. an evil spirit, ghost.
[←OIA bhūtá- ‘become, been, past’ RV., n. ‘any being’ RV., ‘spirit, demon’ Gr̥S. <√bhū ‘to become, be, arise, come into being, exist’ ◀PIE *bheu-, bheu̯ǝ- (bhu̯ā-, bhu̯ē-) : bhō̆u- : bhū- ‘to be, exist, become; to grow’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. be, build, beam ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. booth, husband, physics, future ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0194; (Turner, 1966) 9552, p.544; (MW, 1899) 0761, 0760; (Pokorny, 1959) 0146; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.255
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