Where does “menua tasik” come from?

menua tasik (Iban) comes from Iban menua, from Proto-Malayic bAnua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua, from Proto-Austronesian banua — inhabited land.

menua tasik (Iban): overseas

Definitions

  1. overseas

Ancestry of “menua tasik”, step by step

menua tasik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Iban menua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanmenualand
2Proto-MalayicbAnuainhabited land territory supporting the life of a community
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbanuainhabited land
4Proto-Austronesianbanuainhabited land

via Iban tasik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibantasiksea
2Proto-Malayictasiksea; lake
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantasiksea; saltwater
Every word from Proto-Austronesian banua →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua →Every word from Proto-Malayic bAnua →
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