Where does “lumut” come from?

lumut (Hanunoo) comes from Proto-Philippine lumut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lumut — moss.

lumut (Hanunoo): moss

Definitions

  1. moss

Ancestry of “lumut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippinelumut
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlumutmoss
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lumutEvery word from Proto-Philippine lumut