Where does “helaian daun” come from?

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

helaian daun (Indonesian): lamina (the flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet)

Definitions

  1. lamina (the flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet)

Ancestry of “helaian daun”, step by step

helaian daun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian daun

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

via Indonesian helaian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianhelaian—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun →Every word from Proto-Malayic daun →Every word from Malay daun →