Where does “wai” come from?

wai (Malay) comes from Proto-Austronesian *wahiʀ.

wai (Malay): river

Definitions

  1. river

Ancestry of “wai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*wahiʀ
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *wahiʀ
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