Where does “lipeh” come from?

lipeh (Indonesian) comes from Minangkabau lipeh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lipəs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ipəs, from Proto-Austronesian Sipəs — cockroach.

lipeh (Indonesian): cockroach

Definitions

  1. cockroach

Ancestry of “lipeh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Minangkabaulipehcockroach
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlipəs—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianipəscockroach
4Proto-AustronesianSipəscockroach
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sipəs →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ipəs →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lipəs →