Where does “namuw” come from?

namuw (Atayal) comes from Proto-Atayalic *damuʔ, from Proto-Austronesian *damuq, from Proto-Austronesian daʀaq — blood.

namuw (Atayal): blood

Definitions

  1. blood

Ancestry of “namuw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Atayalic*damuʔ—
2Proto-Austronesian*damuq—
3Proto-Austronesiandaʀaqblood
Every word from Proto-Austronesian daʀaq →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *damuq →Every word from Proto-Atayalic *damuʔ →