Where does “*qaʀua(s),*kaʀua(s)” come from?
*qaʀua(s),*kaʀua(s) (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀuas, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀuas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀuas.
Ancestry of “*qaʀua(s),*kaʀua(s)”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *qaʀuas | — |
| 2 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *qaʀuas | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *qaʀuas | — |