Where does “paku pohon” come from?

paku pohon (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian paku, from Malay paku, from Classical Malay paku, from Proto-Malayic *paku(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paku, from Proto-Austronesian *pahəku — bracken; edible fern that grows by rivers, Diplazium esculentum.

paku pohon (Indonesian): Cyathea contaminans

Definitions

  1. Cyathea contaminans

Ancestry of “paku pohon”, step by step

paku pohon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian paku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpakunail
2Malaypakunail
3Classical Malaypaku—
4Proto-Malayic*paku(ʔ)fern
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pakufern
6Proto-Austronesian*pahəkubracken; edible fern that grows by rivers, Diplazium esculentum

via Indonesian pohon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpohontree, large woody plant; origin, the beginning of...
2Malaypohontree; origin; tree, large woody plant
3Proto-Malayicpuhuntree
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuqunbase of a tree; origin
5Proto-Austronesianpuqun—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *pahəku →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paku →Every word from Proto-Malayic *paku(ʔ) →