Where does “boat” come from?
boat (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhat.
boat (Malay): Obsolete form of buat
Ancestry of “boat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayic | buat | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | buhat | — |