Where does “blei” come from?

blei (Eastern Cham) comes from Proto-Chamic *blɛy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəli, from Proto-Austronesian bəli — to buy.

blei (Eastern Cham): to buy to obtain for money

Definitions

  1. to buy to obtain for money

Ancestry of “blei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Chamic*blɛy—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəlito buy
3Proto-Austronesianbəlito buy
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəli →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəli →Every word from Proto-Chamic *blɛy →