Where does “nyawa” come from?

nyawa (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian niSawa — breath.

nyawa (Malay): life; soul

Definitions

  1. life; soul

Ancestry of “nyawa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicñawabreath
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiannihawabreath
3Proto-AustronesianniSawabreath

Words derived from “nyawa”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian niSawa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nihawa →Every word from Proto-Malayic ñawa →