Where does “laba-laba” come from?
laba-laba (Indonesian) comes from Malay labah-labah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lawaq.
laba-laba (Indonesian): spider
Ancestry of “laba-laba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Malay | labah-labah | plural of labah; spiders |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | lawaq | — |