Where does “*ada(ʔ)” come from?

*ada(ʔ) (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Chamic ada, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan wada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wada — to be.

*ada(ʔ) (Proto-Malayic): to be

Definitions

  1. to be

Ancestry of “*ada(ʔ)”, step by step

*ada(ʔ) traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Chamic ada

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Chamicadato be
2Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanwadato be
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwadato be

via Proto-Austronesian *wada

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*wada—

Words derived from “*ada(ʔ)”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wada →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan wada →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Chamic ada →