Where does “iban” come from?

iban (Cebuano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ibah, from Proto-Austronesian *ibaS.

iban (Cebuano): the difference; the quantity obtained after subtracting numbers

Definitions

  1. the difference; the quantity obtained after subtracting numbers

Ancestry of “iban”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ibahother
2Proto-Austronesian*ibaS—

Words derived from “iban”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ibaS →