Where does “wāhu” come from?

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

wāhu (Old Javanese): just

Definitions

  1. just

Ancestry of “wāhu”, 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 →