Where does “rai” come from?

rai (Musi) comes from Javanese rai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqih, from Proto-Austronesian daqiS — forehead.

rai (Musi): face

Definitions

  1. face

Ancestry of “rai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseraiface
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaqihforehead
3Proto-AustronesiandaqiSforehead

Words derived from “rai”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian daqiS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqih →Every word from Javanese rai →