Where does “bja” come from?

bja (Proto-Sino-Tibetan) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk brå, from French brave, from Italian bravo, from Vulgar Latin bravus, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

Ancestry of “bja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskbråsudden
2Frenchbravebrave; honest; hero
3Italianbravogood, well-behaved; good, skilful, capable,...
4Vulgar Latinbravus
5Latinbarbarusforeign; savage; uncivilized
6Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb-