Where does “laŋaw” come from?

laŋaw (Proto-Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Austronesian laŋaw, from Proto-Austroasiatic *laŋaw.

laŋaw (Proto-Malayo-Polynesian): bluebottle, blowfly, horsefly

Definitions

  1. bluebottle, blowfly, horsefly

Ancestry of “laŋaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesianlaŋawhousefly
2Proto-Austroasiatic*laŋaw—

Words derived from “laŋaw”

Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *laŋaw →Every word from Proto-Austronesian laŋaw →