Where does “uap” come from?

uap (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Chamic uap, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan uap, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi uab, from Middle Chinese 烏.

Ancestry of “uap”, step by step

uap traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Chamic uap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Chamicuap—
2Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanuap—
3Proto-Sunda-Sulawesiuab—
4Middle Chinese烏—

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)huab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)huabto yawn
2Proto-Austronesian(ma-)Suabto yawn

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*huabto yawn
2Proto-Austronesian*Suabto yawn

Words derived from “uap”

Every word from Middle Chinese 烏 →Every word from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi uab →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan uap →
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