Where does “bisei” come from?

bisei (Eastern Cham) comes from Proto-Chamic *bəsɛy, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic bəsi — iron.

bisei (Eastern Cham): iron

Definitions

  1. iron

Ancestry of “bisei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Chamic*bəsɛy—
2Proto-Malayo-Chamicbəsiiron
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Chamic bəsi →Every word from Proto-Chamic *bəsɛy →