Where does “wayah” come from?

wayah (Balinese) comes from Old Javanese wayah, from Sanskrit वयस्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas.

wayah (Balinese): old

Definitions

  1. old

Ancestry of “wayah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesewayahage
2Sanskritवयस्age
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*wáyHas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas →Every word from Sanskrit वयस् →Every word from Old Javanese wayah →