Where does “iniba” come from?

iniba (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog iba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ibah, from Proto-Austronesian *ibaS.

iniba (Tagalog): a species of banana

Definitions

  1. a species of banana

Ancestry of “iniba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogibaother, another; different
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ibahother
3Proto-Austronesian*ibaS—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ibaS →