Where does “paa” come from?

paa (Lindu) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqa, from Proto-Austronesian paqa — thigh.

paa (Lindu): foot

Definitions

  1. foot

Ancestry of “paa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpaqathigh
2Proto-Austronesianpaqathigh
Every word from Proto-Austronesian paqa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqa →