Where does “embun” come from?

embun (Indonesian) comes from Malay embun, from Proto-Malayic Ambun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ambun, from Proto-Austronesian ambun — dew.

embun (Indonesian): dew, moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc

Definitions

  1. dew, moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc

Ancestry of “embun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayembundew, moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc
2Proto-MalayicAmbun—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianambundew
4Proto-Austronesianambundew

Words derived from “embun”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ambun →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ambun →Every word from Proto-Malayic Ambun →