Where does “daun” come from?

daun (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic daun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun — leaf.

daun (Iban): leaf part of a plant

Definitions

  1. leaf part of a plant

Ancestry of “daun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicdaunleaf
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandahunleaf
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun →Every word from Proto-Malayic daun →