Where does “hulu” come from?
hulu (Indonesian) comes from Malay hulu, from Proto-Malayic hulu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qulu, from Proto-Austronesian qulu, from Proto-Austronesian quluh.
hulu (Indonesian): head; upstream; village
Ancestry of “hulu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Malay | hulu | head; upstream, inland; starting, beginning |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | hulu(ʔ) | head |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | qulu | head |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | qulu | head |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | quluh | — |