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
Ancestry of “paha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | paha | thigh |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | *paha(ʔ) | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | paqa | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | paqa | thigh |