Where does “susumama” come from?

susumama (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin susu, from Malay susu, from Proto-Malayic susu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian susu, from Proto-Austronesian susu — breast.

susumama (Tok Pisin): wet nurse

Definitions

  1. wet nurse

Ancestry of “susumama”, step by step

susumama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tok Pisin susu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinsusumilk; breast
2Malaysusumilk; breast; to breastfeed
3Proto-Malayicsusu(ʔ)breast female organ
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansusubreast
5Proto-Austronesiansusubreast

via Tok Pisin mama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinmamamother
2EnglishmamaMother, female parent
3Xhosaumamamom, mother
4Proto-Bantu*mààmá—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian susu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian susu →Every word from Proto-Malayic susu(ʔ) →