Where does “tuvan” come from?

tuvan (Coastal Kadazan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian quban, from Proto-Austronesian qubaN — grey hair.

tuvan (Coastal Kadazan): gray hair

Definitions

  1. gray hair

Ancestry of “tuvan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqubangray hair
2Proto-AustronesianqubaNgrey hair
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qubaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian quban →