Where does “nyawa” come from?

nyawa (Indonesian) comes from Malay nyawa, from Proto-Malayic ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian niSawa — breath.

nyawa (Indonesian): life

Definitions

  1. life

Ancestry of “nyawa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaynyawalife; soul
2Proto-Malayicñawabreath
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiannihawabreath
4Proto-AustronesianniSawabreath

Words derived from “nyawa”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian niSawa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nihawa →Every word from Proto-Malayic ñawa →
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