Where does “sawi putih” come from?

sawi putih (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian putih, from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih, from Proto-Malayic putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq — white.

sawi putih (Indonesian): Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage; napa; celery cabbage

Definitions

  1. Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage; napa; celery cabbage

Ancestry of “sawi putih”, step by step

sawi putih traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian putih

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianputihwhite
2Malayputihwhite
3Classical Malayputihwhite
4Proto-Malayicputihwhite
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)putiqwhite

via Indonesian sawi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansawimustard greens (Brassica juncea)
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq →Every word from Proto-Malayic putih →Every word from Classical Malay putih →