Where does “laut” come from?
laut (Indonesian) comes from Malay laut, from Classical Malay laut, from Proto-Malayic laut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud, from Proto-Austronesian lahud.
laut (Indonesian): sea
Ancestry of “laut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | laut | sea |
| 2 | Classical Malay | laut | sea |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | laut | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | lahud | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | lahud | — |
Words derived from “laut”