Where does “vao” come from?

vao (Malagasy) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh — new.

vao (Malagasy): new recently made or created, novel

Definitions

  1. new recently made or created, novel

Ancestry of “vao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaqəʀunew recently made or created
2Proto-Austronesian*baqəʀuhnew

Words derived from “vao”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu →