Where does “bulu lawi” come from?

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

bulu lawi (Indonesian): tailfeather

Definitions

  1. tailfeather

Ancestry of “bulu lawi”, step by step

bulu lawi 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 lawi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlawi—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bulu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bulu →Every word from Proto-Malayic bulu →