Where does “boat” come from?

boat (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhat.

boat (Malay): Obsolete form of buat

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of buat

Ancestry of “boat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicbuat—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuhat—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhat →Every word from Proto-Malayic buat →