Where does “pait” come from?

pait (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic *pahit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqit, from Proto-Austronesian paqiC.

pait (Iban): bitter

Definitions

  1. bitter

Ancestry of “pait”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*pahit—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpaqitbitterness
3Proto-AustronesianpaqiC—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian paqiC →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqit →Every word from Proto-Malayic *pahit →