Where does “kue rambut” come from?
kue rambut (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian rambut, from Malay rambut, from Proto-Malayic rambut.
kue rambut (Indonesian): a snack made from a mixture of wheat flour, rice flour and brown sugar, then shaped to resemble hair
Definitions
- a snack made from a mixture of wheat flour, rice flour and brown sugar, then shaped to resemble hair
Ancestry of “kue rambut”, step by step
kue rambut traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian rambut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | rambut | hair; colloquial: thread, filament, mane, body... |
| 2 | Malay | rambut | hair; colloquial: thread, filament, mane, body... |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | rambut | — |
via Indonesian kue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | kue | kuih |
| 2 | Malay | kuih | bite-sized cakes, cookies or pastry, especially... |
| 3 | Hokkien | 粿 | — |
via Malay mkn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | mkn | — |