Where does “amoh” come from?

amoh (Old Javanese) comes from English mwah, from Old Javanese (m)aN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

amoh (Old Javanese): full of holes, worn out

Definitions

  1. full of holes, worn out

Ancestry of “amoh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmwahThe sound of a kiss to indicate blowing a kiss to...
2Old Javanese(m)aN-active verb
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice

Words derived from “amoh”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Old Javanese (m)aN- →Every word from English mwah →