Where does “beḻ” come from?

beḻ (Yatzachi Zapotec) comes from Proto-Zapotec *kw-ella, from Proto-Zapotecan *kw-ella — fish.

beḻ (Yatzachi Zapotec): snake

Definitions

  1. snake

Ancestry of “beḻ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Zapotec*kw-ellasister of a female
2Proto-Zapotecan*kw-ellafish
Every word from Proto-Zapotecan *kw-ella →Every word from Proto-Zapotec *kw-ella →