Where does “bəli” come from?

bəli (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Chamic bəli, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan bəli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəli, from Proto-Austronesian bəli — to buy.

bəli (Proto-Malayic): to buy

Definitions

  1. to buy

Ancestry of “bəli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Chamicbəli—
2Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanbəli—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəlito buy
4Proto-Austronesianbəlito buy

Words derived from “bəli”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəli →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəli →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan bəli →