Where does “beras” come from?

beras (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic bəras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas — rice.

beras (Iban): rice

Definitions

  1. rice

Ancestry of “beras”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicbərasrice
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀasrice
3Proto-Austronesianbəʀasrice
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayic bəras →