Where does “pukat” come from?

pukat (Indonesian) comes from Malay pukat, from Classical Malay ڤوکت, from Proto-Malayic *pukət, from Proto-Austronesian *pukət.

pukat (Indonesian): a net for fishing

Definitions

  1. a net for fishing

Ancestry of “pukat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypukata net for fishing
2Classical Malayڤوکت—
3Proto-Malayic*pukətdragnet
4Proto-Austronesian*pukət—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *pukət →Every word from Proto-Malayic *pukət →Every word from Classical Malay ڤوکت →