Where does “nipa” come from?

nipa (Portuguese) comes from Malay nipah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq — a palm species, swamp palm, nipa palm.

nipa (Portuguese): nipa, a palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans

Definitions

  1. nipa, a palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans

Ancestry of “nipa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaynipah—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*nipaqa palm species, swamp palm, nipa palm
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq →Every word from Malay nipah →