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 — head part of the body.

hulu (Indonesian): head; upstream; village

Definitions

  1. head; upstream; village

Ancestry of “hulu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhuluhead; upstream, inland; starting, beginning
2Proto-Malayichulu(ʔ)head
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianquluhead
4Proto-Austronesianquluhead
5Proto-Austronesianquluhhead part of the body

Words derived from “hulu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian quluh →Every word from Proto-Austronesian qulu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qulu →
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