Where does “fokias” come from?

fokias (Eastern Bontoc) comes from Proto-Philippine *bəʀas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas — rice.

fokias (Eastern Bontoc): husked rice

Definitions

  1. husked rice

Ancestry of “fokias”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*bəʀas—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀasrice
3Proto-Austronesianbəʀasrice
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Philippine *bəʀas →