Where does “ayah” come from?

ayah (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese wayah, from Sanskrit वयस्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas.

ayah (Javanese): to carry out, to perform

Definitions

  1. to carry out, to perform

Ancestry of “ayah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesewayahage
2Sanskritवयस्age
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*wáyHas—

Words derived from “ayah”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas →Every word from Sanskrit वयस् →Every word from Old Javanese wayah →
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