Where does “cemara buaya” come from?

cemara buaya (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian buaya, from Malay buaya, from Proto-Malayic buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian buqaya — crocodile.

cemara buaya (Indonesian): Juniperus horizontalis

Definitions

  1. Juniperus horizontalis

Ancestry of “cemara buaya”, step by step

cemara buaya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian buaya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbuayacrocodile; playboy, womanizer
2Malaybuayacrocodile; playboy, womanizer
3Proto-Malayicbuhayacrocodile
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuqayacrocodile
5Proto-Austronesianbuqayacrocodile

via Malay cemara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaycemaracasuarina
2Sanskritचामर—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buqaya →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buqaya →Every word from Proto-Malayic buhaya →