Where does “payah” come from?

payah (Malay) comes from Javanese payah, from Javanese ayah, from Old Javanese wayah, from Sanskrit वयस्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas.

Ancestry of “payah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javanesepayahweary
2Javaneseayahto carry out, to perform
3Old Javanesewayahage
4Sanskritवयस्age
5Proto-Indo-Iranian*wáyHas—

Words derived from “payah”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas →Every word from Sanskrit वयस् →Every word from Old Javanese wayah →