Where does “*babine” come from?

*babine (Proto-South Sulawesi) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babinahi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bahi, from Proto-Austronesian bahi — female, woman.

*babine (Proto-South Sulawesi): woman

Definitions

  1. woman

Ancestry of “*babine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbabinahi—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbahiwoman
3Proto-Austronesianbahifemale, woman

Words derived from “*babine”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian bahi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bahi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babinahi →