Where does “tepi daun” come from?

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

tepi daun (Indonesian): margin: the shape of the edge of a leaf

Definitions

  1. margin: the shape of the edge of a leaf

Ancestry of “tepi daun”, step by step

tepi daun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian daun

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

via Indonesian tepi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantepibank, shore
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun →Every word from Proto-Malayic daun →Every word from Malay daun →
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