Where does “uwat” come from?
uwat (Old Javanese) comes from Malay ubat, from Proto-Malayic ubat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ubat.
Ancestry of “uwat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | ubat | medicine |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | ubat | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ubat | — |