Where does “ara” come from?
ara (Nauruan) comes from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian daʀaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian daʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀaq, from Azerbaijani -ək, from Proto-Turkic *-gek.
ara (Nauruan): blood
Ancestry of “ara”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | daʀaq | — |
| 2 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | daʀaq | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | daʀaq | blood |
| 4 | Azerbaijani | -ək | — |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | *-gek | — |