Where does “suku” come from?
suku (Indonesian) comes from Malay suku, from Javanese ꦱꦸꦏꦸ, from Old Javanese suku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sukud, from Proto-Austronesian *sukud.
Ancestry of “suku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | suku | quarter |
| 2 | Javanese | ꦱꦸꦏꦸ | — |
| 3 | Old Javanese | suku | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *sukud | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | *sukud | — |