Where does “pari kebas” come from?

pari kebas (Malay) comes from Malay pari, from Proto-Malayic pari(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian paʀiS — ray.

pari kebas (Malay): numbfish fish of the family

Definitions

  1. numbfish fish of the family

Ancestry of “pari kebas”, step by step

pari kebas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay pari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypariray
2Proto-Malayicpari(ʔ)ray
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpaʀihray
4Proto-AustronesianpaʀiSray

via Malay kebas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykebas—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian paʀiS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paʀih →Every word from Proto-Malayic pari(ʔ) →