Where does “wali” come from?

wali (Swahili) comes from Malagasy vary, from Proto-Malayic bəras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas — rice.

wali (Swahili): cooked rice; plural of mwali

Definitions

  1. cooked rice; plural of mwali

Ancestry of “wali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malagasyvaryrice
2Proto-Malayicbərasrice
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀasrice
4Proto-Austronesianbəʀasrice
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayic bəras →