Where does “dada” come from?

dada (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *dada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian daSdaS — chest.

dada (Malay): chest

Definitions

  1. chest

Ancestry of “dada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*dadachest
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandahdahchest
3Proto-AustronesiandaSdaSchest

Words derived from “dada”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian daSdaS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahdah →Every word from Proto-Malayic *dada →