Where does “*banuaq” come from?

*banuaq (Proto-Philippine) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua, from Proto-Austronesian banua — inhabited land.

Ancestry of “*banuaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbanuainhabited land
2Proto-Austronesianbanuainhabited land

Words derived from “*banuaq”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian banua →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua →