Where does “berapä-ai” come from?

berapä-ai (Khumi Chin) comes from Khumi Chin bera, from Bengali ভেড়া, from Prakrit *𑀪𑁂𑀟, from Sanskrit भेड्र — sheep, ram.

berapä-ai (Khumi Chin): ram

Definitions

  1. ram

Ancestry of “berapä-ai”, step by step

berapä-ai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khumi Chin bera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khumi Chinberasheep
2Bengaliভেড়াsheep
3Prakrit*𑀪𑁂𑀟
4Sanskritभेड्रsheep, ram

via Khumi Chin äpä-ai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khumi Chinäpä-aifather
Every word from Sanskrit भेड्रEvery word from Prakrit *𑀪𑁂𑀟Every word from Bengali ভেড়া