Where does “buah” come from?

buah (Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buaq, from Proto-Austronesian buaq — fruit.

Ancestry of “buah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuaqfruit
2Proto-Austronesianbuaqfruit

Words derived from “buah”

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