Where does “awak” come from?

awak (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *awak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak — waist.

awak (Malay): Second person singular pronoun; you

Definitions

  1. Second person singular pronoun; you

Ancestry of “awak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*awak—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*hawakwaist
3Proto-Austronesian*Sawakwaist

Words derived from “awak”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak →Every word from Proto-Malayic *awak →