Where does “ဗိုလ်ခြေ” come from?

ဗိုလ်ခြေ (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.

ဗိုလ်ခြေ (Burmese): armed forces, military

Definitions

  1. armed forces, military

Ancestry of “ဗိုလ်ခြေ”, step by step

ဗိုလ်ခြေ 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 ခြေ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခြေleg; foot; to crush into small bits or powder; to...
2Burmeseကြွေshell, cowrie
3Proto-Sino-Tibetankrojshellfish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian bálas →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan bálas →