On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Kreso Megyeral wrote: > Kastytis Beitas wrote: > Russian "bilo" is a noun derived from the verb "bit'" - to beat, meaning > that it CAN be related to Hindi, but it could be clear only if someone knew > the Sanskrit word. Hindi billI < Skt. biDAlI, of obscure (but definitely non-IE) origin. -Justin Mott