Where does “*buək” come from?

*buək (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhək, from Proto-Austronesian bukəS — hair.

*buək (Proto-Malayic): hair the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals

Definitions

  1. hair the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals

Ancestry of “*buək”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuhəkhair
2Proto-AustronesianbukəShair

Words derived from “*buək”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian bukəS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhək →