Where does “ijuk” come from?
ijuk (English) comes from Malay ijuk, from Proto-Malayic ijuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian izuk.
ijuk (English): gomuti
Ancestry of “ijuk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | ijuk | gomuti |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | ijuk | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | izuk | — |