Where does “bunga api” come from?

bunga api (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian bunga, from Malay bunga, from Proto-Malayic buŋaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buŋa, from Proto-Austronesian buŋa — flower; blossom.

bunga api (Indonesian): spark

Definitions

  1. spark

Ancestry of “bunga api”, step by step

bunga api traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian bunga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbungaflower; beauty; hero, somebody who possesses...
2Malaybungaflower; interest; beauty
3Proto-Malayicbuŋaʔ—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuŋaflower
5Proto-Austronesianbuŋaflower; blossom

via Indonesian api

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianapifire
2MalayApifire oxidation reaction
3Proto-Malayicapifire
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
5Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire

via Japanese 火花

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese火花spark; cinder; ember particle of glowing matter
2Japanese火"term relating to fire"; a light; a burning...
3Old Japanese火a fire; a light
4Proto-Japonicpoyfire
5Proto-Japonicpo—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buŋa →