Where does “belei” come from?

belei (Central Melanau) comes from Proto-North Sarawak bəli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəli, from Proto-Austronesian bəli — to buy.

belei (Central Melanau): to buy

Definitions

  1. to buy

Ancestry of “belei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-North Sarawakbəli—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəlito buy
3Proto-Austronesianbəlito buy
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəli →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəli →Every word from Proto-North Sarawak bəli →