Where does “باوْياوْ” come from?

باوْياوْ (Pattani Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian buqaya — crocodile.

باوْياوْ (Pattani Malay): crocodile

Definitions

  1. crocodile

Ancestry of “باوْياوْ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicbuhayacrocodile
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuqayacrocodile
3Proto-Austronesianbuqayacrocodile
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buqaya →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buqaya →Every word from Proto-Malayic buhaya →