Where does “bulan” come from?
bulan (Indonesian) comes from Malay bulan, from Proto-Malayic bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bulan, from Austronesian *bulaN, from Proto-Austronesian bulaN — moon; month; menstruation.
bulan (Indonesian): moon; month
Ancestry of “bulan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | bulan | moon; month |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | bulan | moon |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | bulan | moon |
| 4 | Austronesian | *bulaN | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | bulaN | moon; month; menstruation |