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

Definitions

  1. moon; month

Ancestry of “bulan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybulanmoon; month
2Proto-Malayicbulanmoon
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbulanmoon
4Austronesian*bulaN—
5Proto-AustronesianbulaNmoon; month; menstruation

Words derived from “bulan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian bulaN →Every word from Austronesian *bulaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bulan →