Where does “sawit” come from?

sawit (Indonesian) comes from Javanese ꦱꦮꦶꦠ꧀, from Old Javanese sawit.

sawit (Indonesian): oil palm

Definitions

  1. oil palm

Ancestry of “sawit”, step by step

sawit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Javanese ꦱꦮꦶꦠ꧀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦱꦮꦶꦠ꧀
2Old Javanesesawit

via Malay sawit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysawit

Words derived from “sawit

Every word from Old Javanese sawitEvery word from Javanese ꦱꦮꦶꦠ꧀
sawit — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer