Where does “kembang” come from?

kembang (Indonesian) comes from Malay kembang, from Proto-Malayic kəmbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *kəmbaŋ.

kembang (Indonesian): flower; to bloom

Definitions

  1. flower; to bloom

Ancestry of “kembang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykembangflower; to expand, to blossom out; swollen
2Proto-Malayickəmbaŋ—
3Proto-Austronesian*kəmbaŋ—

Words derived from “kembang”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kəmbaŋ →
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