Where does “ڤها” come from?
ڤها (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic paha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqa, from Proto-Austronesian paqa — thigh.
ڤها (Malay): thigh
Ancestry of “ڤها”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Malayic | paha | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | paqa | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | paqa | thigh |