Where does “bakau” come from?

bakau (Indonesian) comes from Malay bakau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakəhaw — mangrove.

bakau (Indonesian): mangrove

Definitions

  1. mangrove

Ancestry of “bakau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybakaumangrove
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bakəhawmangrove
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakəhawEvery word from Malay bakau
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