Where does “bejalai” come from?

bejalai (Iban) comes from Iban jalai, from Proto-Malayic jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.

bejalai (Iban): to walk

Definitions

  1. to walk

Ancestry of “bejalai”, step by step

bejalai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Iban jalai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanjalaipath
2Proto-Malayicjalanpath
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
4Proto-Austronesianzalanpath

via Iban be

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanbe—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayic jalan →