Where does “awak” come from?

awak (Banjarese) comes from Proto-Malayic *awak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak — waist.

awak (Banjarese): body

Definitions

  1. body

Ancestry of “awak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*awak—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*hawakwaist
3Proto-Austronesian*Sawakwaist
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak →Every word from Proto-Malayic *awak →