Where does “sala” come from?

sala (Fijian) comes from Proto-Oceanic jalan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.

sala (Fijian): path; road; street

Definitions

  1. path; road; street

Ancestry of “sala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicjalanpath a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians; a course taken
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianzalan—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianzalan—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
5Proto-Austronesianzalanpath
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian zalan →
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