Where does “baput” come from?

baput (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian putih, from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih, from Proto-Malayic putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq — white.

baput (Indonesian): garlic

Definitions

  1. garlic

Ancestry of “baput”, step by step

baput traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian putih

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianputihwhite
2Malayputihwhite
3Classical Malayputihwhite
4Proto-Malayicputihwhite
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)putiqwhite

via Indonesian bawang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbawanga generic name for onion or leek
2Malaybawanga generic name for onion, include garlic, leek etc
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