Where does “ၽေး” come from?

ၽေး (Shan) comes from Burmese ဘေး, from Pali bhāya, from Sanskrit भय, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰayHás, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyh₂- — to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut.

ၽေး (Shan): evil, calamity, danger, harm

Definitions

  1. evil, calamity, danger, harm

Ancestry of “ၽေး”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဘေးside
2Palibhāyafear, fright
3Sanskritभयfear, alarm, dread; terror, dismay, danger,...
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*bʰayHás—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyh₂-to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰayHás →Every word from Sanskrit भय →