Where does “boras” come from?

boras (Simalungun Batak) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas — rice.

boras (Simalungun Batak): husked rice milled raw seeds used as food

Definitions

  1. husked rice milled raw seeds used as food

Ancestry of “boras”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀasrice
2Proto-Austronesianbəʀasrice
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas →