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Where does “pohon” come from?

pohon (Indonesian) comes from Malay pohon, from Proto-Malayic puhun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puqun, from Proto-Austronesian puqun.

pohon (Indonesian): tree, large woody plant; origin, the beginning of...

Definitions

  1. tree, large woody plant; origin, the beginning of...

Ancestry of “pohon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypohontree; origin; tree, large woody plant
2Proto-Malayicpuhun—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuqunbase of a tree; origin
4Proto-Austronesianpuqun—
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