Where does “jabon merah” come from?

jabon merah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian merah, from Malay merah, from Malay mirah, from Proto-Malayic (mA-)irah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq — red.

jabon merah (Indonesian): Neolamarckia macrophylla

Definitions

  1. Neolamarckia macrophylla

Ancestry of “jabon merah”, step by step

jabon merah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian merah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmerahred
2Malaymerahred
3MalaymirahObsolete form of merah
4Proto-Malayic(mA-)irah—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)iʀaqred

via Indonesian jabon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IndonesianjabonNeolamarckia cadamba; kadam
2Javanesejabon—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic (mA-)irah →Every word from Malay mirah →