Where does “beda” come from?
beda (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Old Javanese bheda, from Sanskrit भेद, from Sanskrit भिद्, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.
Ancestry of “beda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Javanese | bheda | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | भेद | cleft, partition, splitting; contrast,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | भिद् | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
Words derived from “beda”