Where does “buaya” come from?

buaya (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian buqaya — crocodile.

buaya (Malay): crocodile; playboy, womanizer

Definitions

  1. crocodile; playboy, womanizer

Ancestry of “buaya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicbuhayacrocodile
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuqayacrocodile
3Proto-Austronesianbuqayacrocodile

Words derived from “buaya”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian buqaya →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buqaya →Every word from Proto-Malayic buhaya →