Where does “*puqaya” come from?

*puqaya (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian buqaya — crocodile.

*puqaya (Proto-Oceanic): crocodile

Definitions

  1. crocodile

Ancestry of “*puqaya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*buqaya—
2Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*buqaya—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuqayacrocodile
4Proto-Austronesianbuqayacrocodile

Words derived from “*puqaya”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian buqaya →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buqaya →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya →