Where does “vua” come from?
vua (Fijian) comes from Proto-Oceanic puaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buaq, from Proto-Austronesian buaq — fruit.
vua (Fijian): fruit
Ancestry of “vua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Oceanic | puaq | — |
| 2 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *buaq | — |
| 3 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *buaq | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | buaq | fruit |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | buaq | fruit |