The Proto-Indo-European word *bʰag-
Word *bʰag-
Meaning to distribute, to divide
See also Phrygian: ΒΑΓΑΙΟΣ ‘epithet of zeus, great, fast’
Greek: φαγ- ‘to eat, food’
Avestan: baxš- ‘to divide, to have a share’
Proto-Indo-European: *bʰagos ‘apportion(er)’
Pr.Indo-Iranian: *bʰag ‘to assign’
Synonyms *deha(i)-, *h₁em-, *lenk-