Where does “tuha” come from?
tuha (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Chamic tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian (ma-)tuqaS — old.
Ancestry of “tuha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | tuha | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | tuha | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)tuqah | old |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | (ma-)tuqaS | old |
Words derived from “tuha”