Where does “*dada” come from?

*dada (Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian daSdaS — chest.

Ancestry of “*dada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandahdahchest
2Proto-AustronesiandaSdaSchest

Words derived from “*dada”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian daSdaS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahdah →