Where does “ulăt” come from?

ulăt (Bih) comes from Proto-Chamic *hulat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian quləj, from Proto-Austronesian quləj — a type of small worm.

ulăt (Bih): worm

Definitions

  1. worm

Ancestry of “ulăt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Chamic*hulatworm
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianquləjworm
3Proto-Austronesianquləja type of small worm
Every word from Proto-Austronesian quləj →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian quləj →Every word from Proto-Chamic *hulat →