Where does “tau appeʼdaʼ” come from?

tau appeʼdaʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar tau, from Proto-South Sulawesi *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tau, from Proto-Austronesian Cau — person, human being.

tau appeʼdaʼ (Makasar): a bald person

Definitions

  1. a bald person

Ancestry of “tau appeʼdaʼ”, step by step

tau appeʼdaʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar tau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasartaupeople, person, man
2Proto-South Sulawesi*tau—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantauperson, human
4Proto-AustronesianCauperson, human being

via Makasar appeʼdaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarappeʼdaʼto be bald
2Makasaraʼ-derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maʀ-—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Cau →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tau →Every word from Proto-South Sulawesi *tau →