Where does “benua” come from?

benua (Malay) comes from Old Malay vanua, from Proto-Malayic bAnua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua, from Proto-Austronesian banua — inhabited land.

benua (Malay): continent; land, country

Definitions

  1. continent; land, country

Ancestry of “benua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Malayvanua—
2Proto-MalayicbAnuainhabited land territory supporting the life of a community
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbanuainhabited land
4Proto-Austronesianbanuainhabited land

Words derived from “benua”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian banua →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua →Every word from Proto-Malayic bAnua →