Where does “suku bunga” come from?

suku bunga (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian suku, from Malay suku, from Javanese ꦱꦸꦏꦸ, from Old Javanese suku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sukud, from Proto-Austronesian *sukud — walking stick.

suku bunga (Indonesian): interest rate

Definitions

  1. interest rate

Ancestry of “suku bunga”, step by step

suku bunga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian suku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansukupart
2Malaysukuquarter
3Javaneseꦱꦸꦏꦸfoot
4Old Javanesesukufoot
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sukudwalking stick
6Proto-Austronesian*sukudwalking stick

via Indonesian bunga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbungaflower; beauty; hero, somebody who possesses...
2Malaybungaflower; interest; beauty
3Proto-Malayicbuŋaʔ—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuŋaflower
5Proto-Austronesianbuŋaflower; blossom

Words derived from “suku bunga”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *sukud →