Where does “bulu” come from?

bulu (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bulu, from Proto-Austronesian bulu.

bulu (Iban): body hair

Definitions

  1. body hair

Ancestry of “bulu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicbuluhair
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuluhair
3Proto-Austronesianbulu—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bulu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bulu →Every word from Proto-Malayic bulu →