Where does “ᮘᮥᮃᮔ” come from?

ᮘᮥᮃᮔ (Sundanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua, from Proto-Austronesian banua — inhabited land.

ᮘᮥᮃᮔ (Sundanese): continent

Definitions

  1. continent

Ancestry of “ᮘᮥᮃᮔ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbanuainhabited land
2Proto-Austronesianbanuainhabited land
Every word from Proto-Austronesian banua →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua →