Where does “paha” come from?

paha (Indonesian) comes from Malay paha, from Proto-Malayic *paha(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqa, from Proto-Austronesian paqa — thigh.

paha (Indonesian): thigh

Definitions

  1. thigh

Ancestry of “paha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypahathigh
2Proto-Malayic*paha(ʔ)thigh
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpaqathigh
4Proto-Austronesianpaqathigh
Every word from Proto-Austronesian paqa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqa →Every word from Proto-Malayic *paha(ʔ) →