Where does “aur” come from?
aur (Indonesian) comes from Malay aur, from Proto-Malayic haur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qauʀ, from Proto-Austronesian qauʀ — bamboo.
aur (Indonesian): bamboo
Ancestry of “aur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | aur | bamboo |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | haur | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | qauʀ | bamboo |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | qauʀ | bamboo |