Where does “tebu” come from?

tebu (Indonesian) comes from Malay tebu, from Proto-Malayic *təbu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian təbuS — sugarcane.

tebu (Indonesian): sugar cane species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar

Definitions

  1. sugar cane species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar

Ancestry of “tebu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytebusugar cane species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar
2Proto-Malayic*təbu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantəbuhsugar cane
4Proto-AustronesiantəbuSsugarcane
Every word from Proto-Austronesian təbuS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təbuh →Every word from Proto-Malayic *təbu →