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bṭḥ - to spread, to expand, to extend; to throw somebody down upon his face; VII. to lie, to stretch oneself
(Lane 216)
May be remotely related.
Reconstruction
PS
*bṭḥ
- to be confident, at rest
(Kogan 2015:510)