köken: Unknown. First attested in the 20th century. * Bruckner suggests a derivation from bucefał; supprted by Karłowicz, Sławski, and Długosz-Kurczabowa. * Bańkowksi suggests a derivation from dialectal German *Bandspfahl, from Band (“bonds”) + Pfahl (“pole”).
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъlbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *stl̥b-, an ablaut variant of *stelb (“post, pole, jamb”) (whence also stilbs, q.v.), from *stel- (“to put in a standing position, to erect; standing, immobile, stiff”) with an extra b. The semantic evolution was probably: “motionless, stiff” > “surprised, stunned” > “stupid”. Cognates include Old Irish borb (“foolish, silly”), Latvian…
stupefied, bewildered, perplexed, confused, flummoxed, at a loss or uncertain about (with locative case) · stupid, dull, foolish, silly, doltish · mistaken, deceived, deluded, erring, gone astray or adrift
çekim: çoğul मूढाः · tamlayan मूढस्य
köken: From Proto-Indo-Aryan *muẓḍʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *muždʰás, from the root *mawǰʰ- (“to err, to deviate”). Compare Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (muḍḍha). The Sanskrit root is मुह् (muh), which see for more.