Where does “ñawa” come from?
ñawa (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian niSawa.
Ancestry of “ñawa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | nihawa | — |
| 2 | Proto-Austronesian | niSawa | — |
Words derived from “ñawa”