Where does “usa” come from?

usa (Rotuman) comes from Proto-Oceanic qusan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian quzan, from Proto-Austronesian quzaN — rain.

usa (Rotuman): rain

Definitions

  1. rain

Ancestry of “usa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicqusanrain
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*quzan—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*quzan—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianquzanrain
5Proto-AustronesianquzaNrain
Every word from Proto-Austronesian quzaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian quzan →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *quzan →