Where does “sumpit” come from?
sumpit (Indonesian) comes from Malay sumpit, from Proto-Malayic sumpit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian sumpit, from Proto-Austronesian sumpit — blowgun, blowpipe.
sumpit (Indonesian): chopstick; blowpipe
Ancestry of “sumpit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Malay | sumpit | blowpipe; chopstick |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | sumpit | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | sumpit | blowgun, blowpipe |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | sumpit | blowgun, blowpipe |