Where does “sapu” come from?

sapu (English) comes from Malay sapu, from Proto-Malayic *sapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu — broom.

sapu (English): to eat up

Definitions

  1. to eat up

Ancestry of “sapu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysapubroom
2Proto-Malayic*sapu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sapubroom
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu →Every word from Proto-Malayic *sapu →Every word from Malay sapu →