Where does “*balu” come from?

*balu (Proto-Philippine) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu — widow.

Ancestry of “*balu”, step by step

*balu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*baluwidow

via Proto-Austronesian *balu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*balu

Words derived from “*balu

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu