Where does “cemara laut” come from?

cemara laut (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian laut, from Malay laut, from Classical Malay laut, from Proto-Malayic laut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud, from Proto-Austronesian lahud — downstream.

cemara laut (Indonesian): she-oak (Casuarina equisetifolia)

Definitions

  1. she-oak (Casuarina equisetifolia)

Ancestry of “cemara laut”, step by step

cemara laut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian laut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlautsea
2Malaylautsea
3Classical Malaylautsea
4Proto-Malayiclautseaward; towards the sea
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlahuddownstream
6Proto-Austronesianlahuddownstream

via Malay cemara

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