Where does “(ka-)wiʀi” come from?

(ka-)wiʀi (Proto-Austronesian) comes from Proto-Austronesian wiʀi — left.

(ka-)wiʀi (Proto-Austronesian): left

Definitions

  1. left

Ancestry of “(ka-)wiʀi”, step by step

(ka-)wiʀi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Austronesian wiʀi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesianwiʀileft

via Proto-Austronesian ka-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative

Words derived from “(ka-)wiʀi

Every word from Proto-Austronesian wiʀi