Where does “*paha(ʔ)” come from?
*paha(ʔ) (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqa, from Proto-Austronesian paqa — thigh.
Ancestry of “*paha(ʔ)”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | paqa | — |
| 2 | Proto-Austronesian | paqa | thigh |