Where does “nuwa” come from?

nuwa (Aiwoo) comes from Proto-Oceanic puaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buaq, from Proto-Austronesian buaq — fruit.

Ancestry of “nuwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicpuaq—
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*buaq—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*buaq—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuaqfruit
5Proto-Austronesianbuaqfruit
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buaq →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buaq →