Where does “karwa” come from?

karwa (Old Javanese) comes from Old Javanese rwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian duSa — two.

karwa (Old Javanese): both

Definitions

  1. both

Ancestry of “karwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javaneserwatwo
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
3Proto-Austronesian*duha—
4Proto-AustronesianduSatwo

Words derived from “karwa”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *duha →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha →