Where does “akanjo ba” come from?

akanjo ba (Malagasy) comes from Malagasy ba, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.

akanjo ba (Malagasy): knitted garment (especially a sweater)

Definitions

  1. knitted garment (especially a sweater)

Ancestry of “akanjo ba”, step by step

akanjo ba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malagasy ba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malagasybabar; measure
2EnglishBarA solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length
3Germanbär—
4Middle High Germanbërbear
5Old High GermanberiA berry
6Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
7Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

via Malagasy akanjo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malagasyakanjoclothing
2Swahilikanzukanzu
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri- →