Where does “beras” come from?

beras (Palauan) comes from Malay beras, from Proto-Malayic bəras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas — rice.

beras (Palauan): rice

Definitions

  1. rice

Ancestry of “beras”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayberasuncooked rice
2Proto-Malayicbərasrice
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀasrice
4Proto-Austronesianbəʀasrice
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayic bəras →