Where does “bohou” come from?

bohou (Nias) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh — new.

bohou (Nias): to be new

Definitions

  1. to be new

Ancestry of “bohou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaqəʀunew recently made or created
2Proto-Austronesian*baqəʀuhnew
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu →