Where does “nyiur” come from?
nyiur (Indonesian) comes from Malay nyiur, from Proto-Malayic ñiur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ — coconut.
nyiur (Indonesian): coconut
Ancestry of “nyiur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | nyiur | coconut |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | ñiur | coconut |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | niuʀ | coconut |