Where does “biru” come from?

biru (Indonesian) comes from Malay biru, from Proto-Malayic biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)biʀaw — blue.

biru (Indonesian): blue

Definitions

  1. blue

Ancestry of “biru”, step by step

biru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay biru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybirublue
2Proto-Malayicbirublue
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)biʀawblue

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*biʀufan palm

Words derived from “biru”

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