Where does “wine” come from?

wine (Muna) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binəhiq, from Proto-Austronesian *binəSiq — seed set aside for the next planting.

wine (Muna): seed

Definitions

  1. seed

Ancestry of “wine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*binəhiqseed
2Proto-Austronesian*binəSiqseed set aside for the next planting
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *binəSiq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binəhiq →
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