Where does “ဗိုလ်ကျ” come from?

ဗိုလ်ကျ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဗိုလ်, from Pali bāla, from Sanskrit बल, from Proto-Indo-Aryan bálas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bálas, from Proto-Indo-European bel- — to dig, cut off?; strong; power, strength.

ဗိုလ်ကျ (Burmese): to bully

Definitions

  1. to bully

Ancestry of “ဗိုလ်ကျ”, step by step

ဗိုလ်ကျ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဗိုလ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဗိုလ်commander
2Palibālachild; fool; young
3Sanskritबलpower, strength, might, vigour, force, validity;...
4Proto-Indo-Aryanbálas—
5Proto-Indo-Iranianbálasstrong, forceful
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbel-to dig, cut off?; strong; power, strength

via Burmese ကျ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကျto fall
2Proto-Karen*kliᴬ—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-lij—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian bálas →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan bálas →