Where does “paha” come from?

paha (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqa, from Proto-Austronesian paqa — thigh.

Ancestry of “paha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpaqathigh
2Proto-Austronesianpaqathigh

Words derived from “paha”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian paqa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqa →
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