Where does “sapu” come from?

sapu (Indonesian) comes from Malay sapu, from Proto-Malayic *sapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu — broom.

sapu (Indonesian): broom

Definitions

  1. broom

Ancestry of “sapu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysapubroom
2Proto-Malayic*sapu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sapubroom

Words derived from “sapu”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu →Every word from Proto-Malayic *sapu →Every word from Malay sapu →