Where does “jaʼ” come from?

jaʼ (Yucatec Maya) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer haʔ — to open mouth.

jaʼ (Yucatec Maya): water

Definitions

  1. water

Ancestry of “jaʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerhaʔto open mouth
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer haʔ