Where does “cemara kipas” come from?

cemara kipas (Indonesian) comes from Malay cemara, from Sanskrit चामर.

cemara kipas (Indonesian): Thuja occidentalis; northern white-cedar

Definitions

  1. Thuja occidentalis; northern white-cedar

Ancestry of “cemara kipas”, step by step

cemara kipas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay cemara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaycemaracasuarina
2Sanskritचामर—

via Indonesian kipas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankipasfan
2Malaykipasfan
Every word from Sanskrit चामर →Every word from Malay cemara →