Where does “mwah” come from?

mwah (English) comes from Old Javanese (m)aN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

mwah (English): The sound of a kiss to indicate blowing a kiss to...

Definitions

  1. The sound of a kiss to indicate blowing a kiss to...

Ancestry of “mwah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanese(m)aN-active verb
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice

Words derived from “mwah”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Old Javanese (m)aN- →