Where does “bulu kapuk” come from?

bulu kapuk (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian bulu, from Malay bulu, from Proto-Malayic bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bulu, from Proto-Austronesian bulu.

bulu kapuk (Indonesian): down feather

Definitions

  1. down feather

Ancestry of “bulu kapuk”, step by step

bulu kapuk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian bulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbuluhair; fur; feather
2Malaybuluhair; fur; feather
3Proto-Malayicbuluhair
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuluhair
5Proto-Austronesianbulu—

via Indonesian kapuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankapukkapok
2Malaykapukkapok
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bulu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bulu →Every word from Proto-Malayic bulu →