Where does “tangkai daun” come from?

tangkai daun (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian daun, from Malay daun, from Proto-Malayic daun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun — leaf.

tangkai daun (Indonesian): petiole (the stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem)

Definitions

  1. petiole (the stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem)

Ancestry of “tangkai daun”, step by step

tangkai daun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian daun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiandaunleaf
2Malaydaunleaf
3Proto-Malayicdaunleaf
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandahunleaf

via Indonesian tangkai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantangkaistalk
2Malaytangkaistalk (of wheat, rice, grass, etc.)
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun →Every word from Proto-Malayic daun →Every word from Malay daun →