Where does “nga:aw” come from?

nga:aw (Saisiyat) comes from Proto-Austronesian laŋaw, from Proto-Austroasiatic *laŋaw.

Ancestry of “nga:aw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesianlaŋawhousefly
2Proto-Austroasiatic*laŋaw—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *laŋaw →Every word from Proto-Austronesian laŋaw →