Where does “béda” come from?

béda (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Old Javanese bheda, from Sanskrit भेद, from Sanskrit भिद्, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

béda (Serbo-Croatian): misery

Definitions

  1. misery

Ancestry of “béda”, step by step

béda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Javanese bheda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesebhedaother, different, wrong
2Sanskritभेदcleft, partition, splitting; contrast,...
3Sanskritभिद्to split, cleave, break, cut or rend asunder, pierce, destroy
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via Proto-Slavic běda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicbědatrouble, misery, misfortune; adversity, calamity;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeydʰ-to compel, force; to trust
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Sanskrit भिद् →