Where does “lipas” come from?

lipas (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lipəs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ipəs, from Proto-Austronesian Sipəs — cockroach.

lipas (Malay): cockroach

Definitions

  1. cockroach

Ancestry of “lipas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlipəs—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianipəscockroach
3Proto-AustronesianSipəscockroach

Words derived from “lipas”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sipəs →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ipəs →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lipəs →