Where does “*rara” come from?

*rara (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian daSdaS — chest.

Ancestry of “*rara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*dada
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandahdahchest
3Proto-AustronesiandaSdaSchest

Words derived from “*rara

Every word from Proto-Austronesian daSdaSEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahdahEvery word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dada