Where does “weru” come from?

weru (Tocharian B) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh — new.

weru (Tocharian B): blister

Definitions

  1. blister

Ancestry of “weru”, step by step

weru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaqəʀunew recently made or created
2Proto-Austronesian*baqəʀuhnew

via Kikuyu ũ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kikuyuũ—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu →