Where does “awak” come from?

awak (Indonesian) comes from Malay awak, from Proto-Malayic *awak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak — waist.

awak (Indonesian): body

Definitions

  1. body

Ancestry of “awak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayawakSecond person singular pronoun; you
2Proto-Malayic*awak—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*hawakwaist
4Proto-Austronesian*Sawakwaist

Words derived from “awak”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak →Every word from Proto-Malayic *awak →