Where does “adu” come from?

adu (Indonesian) comes from Malay adu, from Classical Malay ادو, from Old Malay hadu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *adu.

adu (Indonesian): to complain

Definitions

  1. to complain

Ancestry of “adu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayaduto compete, to contest
2Classical Malayادو—
3Old Malayhadu—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*adu—

Words derived from “adu”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *adu →