Where does “bərat” come from?

bərat (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀəqat — weight; heaviness; difficult; pregnant.

bərat (Proto-Malayic): heavy

Definitions

  1. heavy

Ancestry of “bərat”, step by step

bərat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀəqat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀəqatweight; heaviness; difficult; pregnant

via Proto-Austronesian *bəʀəqat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*bəʀəqat

Words derived from “bərat

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀəqat