Where does “lipas” come from?

lipas (Brunei Malay) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ipəs, from Proto-Austronesian Sipəs — cockroach.

lipas (Brunei Malay): cockroach

Definitions

  1. cockroach

Ancestry of “lipas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianipəscockroach
2Proto-AustronesianSipəscockroach
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sipəs →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ipəs →