Where does “babaw” come from?

babaw (Bikol Central) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaw, from Proto-Austronesian *babaw — upper surface.

Ancestry of “babaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*babaw—
2Proto-Austronesian*babawupper surface

Words derived from “babaw”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *babaw →