The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromभ्रातृ“brother”
- Romani · derived fromphral“brother”
- Angloromani · borrowed frompal“brother, friend”
- English todaypal
PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Borrowed from Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”), from Romani phral (“brother”), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”). Doublet of bhai, brother, bru, frater, friar, and vai.
Words from the same roots
Sanskritभ्रातृ all →
bhai
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.