Where does “puas” come from?

puas (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic puhas, from Proto-Finnic puhtas, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

puas (Iban): satisfied

Definitions

  1. satisfied

Ancestry of “puas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicpuhas—
2Proto-Finnicpuhtasclean
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhtas →