Where does “bunga sabit” come from?

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

bunga sabit (Indonesian): drepanium

Definitions

  1. drepanium

Ancestry of “bunga sabit”, step by step

bunga sabit traces back through two 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 sabit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansabitsickle
2Malaysabit—
3Arabicثَابِتconstant; stable; unchanging; certain; permanent
4Arabicثَبَتَto be firm, to be fixed; to be firm, to persist;...
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buŋa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buŋa →Every word from Proto-Malayic buŋaʔ →