Where does “puhun pisang” come from?

puhun pisang (Brunei Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic puhun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puqun, from Proto-Austronesian puqun.

puhun pisang (Brunei Malay): banana tree

Definitions

  1. banana tree

Ancestry of “puhun pisang”, step by step

puhun pisang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayic puhun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicpuhuntree
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuqunbase of a tree; origin
3Proto-Austronesianpuqun—

via Brunei Malay pisang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Brunei Malaypisangbanana fruit
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puqun →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puqun →Every word from Proto-Malayic puhun →