Where does “bawang mirah” come from?

bawang mirah (Iban) comes from Iban mirah, from Proto-Malayic (mA-)irah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq — red.

bawang mirah (Iban): shallot

Definitions

  1. shallot

Ancestry of “bawang mirah”, step by step

bawang mirah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Iban mirah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanmirahred
2Proto-Malayic(mA-)irah—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)iʀaqred

via Iban bawang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanbawangonion
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bawaŋ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic (mA-)irah →Every word from Iban mirah →
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