köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bez (“without”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰs (<+ *h₁éǵʰs (“out”), whence also из (iz)). Cognate with Lithuanian bè (“without; besides”), Latvian bez (“without”), Old Prussian bhe (“without”), Sanskrit बहिस् (bahís, “outside”), Persian بی (bi, “without”). Compare typologically English without.