Where does “*halia” come from?

*halia (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia — ginger.

*halia (Proto-Malayic): ginger

Definitions

  1. ginger

Ancestry of “*halia”, step by step

*halia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*laqiaginger

via Proto-Austronesian *laqia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*laqia—

Words derived from “*halia”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia →