Where does “Ipoh” come from?
Ipoh (English) comes from Malay ipoh, from Malay ipuh, from Proto-Malayic hipuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qipuq.
Ancestry of “Ipoh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | ipoh | Obsolete spelling of ipuh |
| 2 | Malay | ipuh | upas |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | hipuh | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | qipuq | — |