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Where does “蘇古” come from?

蘇古 (Chinese) comes from Malay suku, from Javanese ꦱꦸꦏꦸ, from Old Javanese suku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sukud, from Proto-Austronesian *sukud.

蘇古 (Chinese): one quarter

Definitions

  1. one quarter

Ancestry of “蘇古”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysukuquarter
2Javaneseꦱꦸꦏꦸ—
3Old Javanesesuku—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sukud—
5Proto-Austronesian*sukud—
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