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

Definitions

  1. bamboo

Ancestry of “aur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayaurbamboo
2Proto-Malayichaurbamboo plant
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqauʀbamboo
4Proto-Austronesianqauʀbamboo
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qauʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qauʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic haur →