Where does “uura” come from?

uura ('Are'are) comes from Proto-Oceanic quraŋ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qudaŋ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qudaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qudaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian qudaŋ — shrimp; crayfish; lobster.

uura ('Are'are): crayfish

Definitions

  1. crayfish

Ancestry of “uura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicquraŋshrimp; crayfish; lobster
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*qudaŋ
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*qudaŋ
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqudaŋshrimp; crayfish; lobster
5Proto-Austronesianqudaŋshrimp; crayfish; lobster
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qudaŋEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qudaŋEvery word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qudaŋ