Where does “ao” come from?

ao (Bahnar) comes from Proto-Bahnaric ʔa:w, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ʔaawʔ — upper garment.

ao (Bahnar): shirt

Definitions

  1. shirt

Ancestry of “ao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bahnaricʔa:w—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerʔaawʔupper garment
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ʔaawʔ →Every word from Proto-Bahnaric ʔa:w →