Where does “behas” come from?

behas (Ngaju) comes from Proto-Malayic bəras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas — rice.

behas (Ngaju): rice

Definitions

  1. rice

Ancestry of “behas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicbərasrice
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀasrice
3Proto-Austronesianbəʀasrice
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayic bəras →
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