Where does “*mauri” come from?

*mauri (Proto-Malayo-Chamic) comes from Proto-Oceanic maqurip, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ma-qudip, from Proto-Central-Eastern *qudip, from Proto-Austronesian qudip, from Proto-Austroasiatic *qudip.

Ancestry of “*mauri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicmaquripto be alive, to live, to flourish
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianma-qudip—
3Proto-Central-Eastern*qudip—
4Proto-Austronesianqudiplife, alive
5Proto-Austroasiatic*qudip—

Words derived from “*mauri”

Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *qudip →Every word from Proto-Austronesian qudip →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern *qudip →
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