Where does “vavi” come from?

vavi (Leti) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy, from Proto-Austronesian babuy — pig.

vavi (Leti): pig

Definitions

  1. pig

Ancestry of “vavi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*babuy—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbabuypig
3Proto-Austronesianbabuypig
Every word from Proto-Austronesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *babuy →