Where does “danau” come from?

danau (Classical Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *danaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian danaw, from Proto-Austronesian danaw — lake.

Ancestry of “danau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*danaw—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandanawlake
3Proto-Austronesiandanawlake

Words derived from “danau”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian danaw →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian danaw →Every word from Proto-Malayic *danaw →