Where does “*tuba” come from?
*tuba (Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tuba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah.
Ancestry of “*tuba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *tuba | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *tubah | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | *tubah | — |