Where does “paha” come from?

paha (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *paha(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqa, from Proto-Austronesian paqa — thigh.

paha (Malay): thigh

Definitions

  1. thigh

Ancestry of “paha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*paha(ʔ)thigh
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpaqathigh
3Proto-Austronesianpaqathigh

Words derived from “paha”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian paqa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqa →Every word from Proto-Malayic *paha(ʔ) →