Where does “[[wāhu]], [[wahu]]” come from?

[[wāhu]], [[wahu]] (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh — new.

Ancestry of “[[wāhu]], [[wahu]]”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaqəʀunew recently made or created
2Proto-Austronesian*baqəʀuhnew

Words derived from “[[wāhu]], [[wahu]]

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuhEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu