Where does “egas” come from?

egas (Bonggi) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas — rice.

egas (Bonggi): hulled or husked rice

Definitions

  1. hulled or husked rice

Ancestry of “egas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀasrice
2Proto-Austronesianbəʀasrice
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas →