Where does “umay” come from?

umay (Ilocano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(um-)aʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *(um-)aʀi.

umay (Ilocano): to come

Definitions

  1. to come

Ancestry of “umay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*(um-)aʀito come to move from further away to nearer to
2Proto-Austronesian*(um-)aʀi—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *(um-)aʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(um-)aʀi →