Where does “gua” come from?

gua (Indonesian) comes from Malay gua, from Sanskrit गुहा, from Sanskrit गुह्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰawȷ́ʰ- — to hide, conceal.

gua (Indonesian): cave; "First-person singular pronoun": I, me, my

Definitions

  1. cave; "First-person singular pronoun": I, me, my

Ancestry of “gua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayguaI, me, my; cave; "First-person singular pronoun":...
2Sanskritगुहाhiding place, cave, cavern
3Sanskritगुह्a hiding place, cave, den, lair
4Proto-Indo-Iraniangʰawȷ́ʰ-to hide, conceal

Words derived from “gua”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰawȷ́ʰ- →Every word from Sanskrit गुह् →Every word from Sanskrit गुहा →