Where does “poros” come from?

poros (Toba Batak) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəʀəs — to squeeze something (to extract liquid).

poros (Toba Batak): to press together

Definitions

  1. to press together

Ancestry of “poros”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pəʀəsto squeeze something (to extract liquid)
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəʀəs