Where does “buah” come from?

buah (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic buah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buaq, from Proto-Austronesian buaq — fruit.

buah (Iban): fruit

Definitions

  1. fruit

Ancestry of “buah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicbuahfruit
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuaqfruit
3Proto-Austronesianbuaqfruit
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic buah →