Where does “were” come from?

were (Onin) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ — water.

were (Onin): water

Definitions

  1. water

Ancestry of “were”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwaiʀwater
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwahiʀwater
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ →