Where does “nyiur” come from?

nyiur (Indonesian) comes from Malay nyiur, from Proto-Malayic ñiur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ — coconut.

nyiur (Indonesian): coconut

Definitions

  1. coconut

Ancestry of “nyiur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaynyiurcoconut
2Proto-Malayicñiurcoconut
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianniuʀcoconut
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic ñiur →Every word from Malay nyiur →