Words that come from Proto-Austronesian “*layu”

120 words across 40 languages descend from Proto-Austronesian *layu — including Malaysia, Malay, Malaysian, Malaya, Malayan, Melayu, Malayic, Indomalayan.

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English (26)

Finnish (15)

Indonesian (6)

Tagalog (5)

Japanese (5)

Malay (5)

French (4)

Chinese (4)

Polish (4)

Dutch (3)

Czech (3)

Catalan (3)

Hungarian (2)

Slovak (2)

Swedish (2)

Javanese (2)

Spanish (2)

Scottish Gaelic (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Thai (2)

Persian (2)

Manx (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Irish (1)

Russian (1)

Hindi (1)

Assamese (1)

Norman (1)

Old Javanese (1)

Balinese (1)

Hawaiian (1)

Cornish (1)

Fijian (1)

Yoruba (1)

Dhivehi (1)

Punjabi (1)

Telugu (1)

Burmese (1)

Khmer (1)

Korean (1)