Where does “peraas” come from?

peraas (Woleaian) comes from Malay beras, from Proto-Malayic bəras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas — rice.

peraas (Woleaian): rice

Definitions

  1. rice

Ancestry of “peraas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayberasuncooked rice
2Proto-Malayicbərasrice
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀasrice
4Proto-Austronesianbəʀasrice
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayic bəras →