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Where does “ꦠꦸꦮ” come from?

ꦠꦸꦮ (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian (ma-)tuqaS — old.

Ancestry of “ꦠꦸꦮ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesetuha—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)tuqahold
3Proto-Austronesian(ma-)tuqaSold
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