Where does “aba-h” come from?

aba-h (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Chamic aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan aba, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi aba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aba, from Proto-Austronesian aba — father.

aba-h (Proto-Malayic): Alternative form of *aba

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of *aba

Ancestry of “aba-h”, step by step

aba-h traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Chamic aba-h

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Chamicaba-hAlternative form of *aba
2Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanaba-hAlternative form of *aba
3Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanabafather
4Proto-Sunda-Sulawesiabafather
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianabafather
6Proto-Austronesianabafather

via Proto-Malayic aba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicabafather
2Proto-Malayo-Chamicabafather
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aba →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aba →Every word from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi aba →