Where does “*banua” come from?

*banua (Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua, from Proto-Austronesian banua — inhabited land.

Ancestry of “*banua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*banua—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbanuainhabited land
3Proto-Austronesianbanuainhabited land

Words derived from “*banua”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian banua →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *banua →