Where does “بيبِي” come from?

بيبِي (Pattani Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *bibir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bibiʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *biʀbiʀ — lip.

بيبِي (Pattani Malay): lips

Definitions

  1. lips

Ancestry of “بيبِي”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*bibirlip
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bibiʀ(lower) lip
3Proto-Austronesian*biʀbiʀlip
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *biʀbiʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bibiʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *bibir →