Where does “abuak” come from?

abuak (Minangkabau) comes from Proto-Malayic *buək, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhək, from Proto-Austronesian bukəS — hair.

abuak (Minangkabau): hair

Definitions

  1. hair

Ancestry of “abuak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*buəkhair the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuhəkhair
3Proto-AustronesianbukəShair
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bukəS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhək →Every word from Proto-Malayic *buək →