Where does “banua” come from?

banua (Minangkabau) comes from Proto-Malayic bAnua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua, from Proto-Austronesian banua — inhabited land.

banua (Minangkabau): continent

Definitions

  1. continent

Ancestry of “banua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-MalayicbAnuainhabited land territory supporting the life of a community
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbanuainhabited land
3Proto-Austronesianbanuainhabited land
Every word from Proto-Austronesian banua →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua →Every word from Proto-Malayic bAnua →