Where does “vaovao” come from?

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

vaovao (Malagasy): new

Definitions

  1. new

Ancestry of “vaovao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malagasyvaonew recently made or created, novel
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaqəʀunew recently made or created
3Proto-Austronesian*baqəʀuhnew

Words derived from “vaovao”

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