Where does “wawa” come from?

wawa (Yami) comes from Proto-Austronesian waqwaq, from Arabic وَقْوَقَ.

wawa (Yami): sea

Definitions

  1. sea

Ancestry of “wawa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesianwaqwaq—
2Arabicوَقْوَقَ—
Every word from Arabic وَقْوَقَ →Every word from Proto-Austronesian waqwaq →