Where does “bahau” come from?

bahau (Western Cham) comes from Proto-Chamic *bahrɔw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh — new.

bahau (Western Cham): new

Definitions

  1. new

Ancestry of “bahau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Chamic*bahrɔwnew
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaqəʀunew recently made or created
3Proto-Austronesian*baqəʀuhnew
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu →Every word from Proto-Chamic *bahrɔw →
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