Where does “ular” come from?

ular (Indonesian) comes from Malay ular, from Proto-Malayic ular, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hulaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian Sulaʀ — snake.

ular (Indonesian): snake

Definitions

  1. snake

Ancestry of “ular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayularsnake
2Proto-Malayicular—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhulaʀsnake
4Proto-AustronesianSulaʀsnake
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sulaʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hulaʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic ular →