Where does “banih” come from?

banih (Brunei Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic bənih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binəhiq, from Proto-Austronesian *binəSiq — seed set aside for the next planting.

banih (Brunei Malay): seed

Definitions

  1. seed

Ancestry of “banih”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicbənihseed for planting
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*binəhiqseed
3Proto-Austronesian*binəSiqseed set aside for the next planting
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *binəSiq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binəhiq →Every word from Proto-Malayic bənih →