Where does “dada” come from?

dada (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic *dada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian daSdaS — chest.

dada (Iban): chest

Definitions

  1. chest

Ancestry of “dada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*dadachest
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandahdahchest
3Proto-AustronesiandaSdaSchest
Every word from Proto-Austronesian daSdaS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahdah →Every word from Proto-Malayic *dada →