Where does “ñawa” come from?

ñawa (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian niSawa — breath.

ñawa (Proto-Malayic): breath

Definitions

  1. breath

Ancestry of “ñawa”, step by step

ñawa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nihawa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiannihawabreath
2Proto-AustronesianniSawabreath

via Proto-Austronesian *nihawa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*nihawa—

Words derived from “ñawa”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian niSawa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nihawa →