Where does “*huma(ʔ)” come from?

*huma(ʔ) (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma, from Proto-Austronesian *qumah — swidden.

*huma(ʔ) (Proto-Malayic): farmland

Definitions

  1. farmland

Ancestry of “*huma(ʔ)”, step by step

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

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qumafarm
2Proto-Austronesian*qumahswidden

via Proto-Austronesian *quma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*quma—

Words derived from “*huma(ʔ)”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qumah →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma →