Where does “*awak” come from?

*awak (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak — waist.

Ancestry of “*awak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*hawakwaist
2Proto-Austronesian*Sawakwaist

Words derived from “*awak”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak →