Where does “abwat” come from?

abwat (Kawi) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)bəʀəqat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ma-, from Proto-Austronesian ma-.

Ancestry of “abwat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)bəʀəqatheavy
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianma-Affix forming adjectives and stative verbs
3Proto-Austronesianma-—

Words derived from “abwat”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ma- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ma- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)bəʀəqat →