Where does “lumut” come from?

lumut (Central Melanau) comes from Proto-North Sarawak lumut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lumut — moss.

lumut (Central Melanau): moss

Definitions

  1. moss

Ancestry of “lumut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-North Sarawaklumut—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlumutmoss
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lumut →Every word from Proto-North Sarawak lumut →