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