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Where does “*sawaŋ” come from?
*sawaŋ (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Austronesian *sawaŋ.
Ancestry of “*sawaŋ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Austronesian
*sawaŋ
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Words derived from “*sawaŋ”
*masawaŋ
*awa
awa
moana
moana
Moana
moana
moana
aumoana
kaimoana
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