Where does “www-selain” come from?

www-selain (Finnish) comes from Finnish selain, from Malay se, from Malay ĕsă, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Ancestry of “www-selain”, step by step

www-selain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselainbrowser
2Malayseone
3MalayĕsăObsolete spelling of esa
4Proto-Malayicəsa
5Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa
6Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
8Proto-Austronesian*əsa
9Proto-Oceanic*isa

via Finnish www

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishwww
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa
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