Where does “bekas” come from?

bekas (Karao) comes from Proto-Philippine *bəʀas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas — rice.

bekas (Karao): uncooked rice

Definitions

  1. uncooked rice

Ancestry of “bekas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*bəʀas—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀasrice
3Proto-Austronesianbəʀasrice
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Philippine *bəʀas →