Where does “ijau” come from?

ijau (Brunei Malay) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)qizaw — green.

ijau (Brunei Malay): green colour

Definitions

  1. green colour

Ancestry of “ijau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)qizawgreen
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)qizaw