Where does “*awa” come from?

*awa (Proto-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Oceanic *sawaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *sawaŋ.

Ancestry of “*awa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*sawaŋ—
2Proto-Austronesian*sawaŋ—

Words derived from “*awa”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *sawaŋ →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *sawaŋ →
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