Where does “*buqaya” come from?

*buqaya (Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian buqaya — crocodile.

Ancestry of “*buqaya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuqayacrocodile
2Proto-Austronesianbuqayacrocodile

Words derived from “*buqaya”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian buqaya →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buqaya →