Where does “yawa” come from?

yawa (Old Javanese) comes from Sanskrit यव, from Proto-Indo-Iranian yáwas, from Proto-Indo-European yéwos, from Proto-Indo-European yew- — to mix.

yawa (Old Javanese): barley

Definitions

  1. barley

Ancestry of “yawa”, step by step

yawa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit यव

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritयवbarley; grain, cereal; name for island of Java,...
2Proto-Indo-Iranianyáwasbarley; cereal, grain
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyéwoscereal, grain; barley, spelt
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyew-to mix

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)zauq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)zauq—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yéwos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian yáwas →