Where does “pari kelawar” come from?

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

pari kelawar (Malay): butterfly ray fish of the family

Definitions

  1. butterfly ray fish of the family

Ancestry of “pari kelawar”, step by step

pari kelawar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay pari

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

via Malay kelawar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykelawarbat
2Malaykelelawarbat small flying mammal
Every word from Proto-Austronesian paʀiS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paʀih →Every word from Proto-Malayic pari(ʔ) →
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