Where does “buah” come from?

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

buah (Sundanese): fruit

Definitions

  1. fruit

Ancestry of “buah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuaqfruit
2Proto-Austronesianbuaqfruit
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buaq →
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