Where does “daun bawang” come from?

daun bawang (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian daun, from Malay daun, from Proto-Malayic daun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun — leaf.

daun bawang (Indonesian): scallion, spring onion

Definitions

  1. scallion, spring onion

Ancestry of “daun bawang”, step by step

daun bawang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian daun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiandaunleaf
2Malaydaunleaf
3Proto-Malayicdaunleaf
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandahunleaf

via Indonesian bawang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbawanga generic name for onion or leek
2Malaybawanga generic name for onion, include garlic, leek etc
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