Where does “gula” come from?
gula (Indonesian) comes from Malay gula, from Sanskrit गुल, from Sanskrit गुड, from Proto-Dravidian *kuṭV.
gula (Indonesian): sugar
Ancestry of “gula”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | gula | sugar |
| 2 | Sanskrit | गुल | raw or unrefined sugar, molasses; the glans... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | गुड | sugar which forms itself into lumps, dry sugar,... |
| 4 | Proto-Dravidian | *kuṭV | — |