Where does “walet sarang gua” come from?

walet sarang gua (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian gua, from Malay gua, from Sanskrit गुहा, from Sanskrit गुह्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰawȷ́ʰ- — to hide, conceal.

walet sarang gua (Indonesian): Germain's swiftlet; Aerodramus fuciphagus germani

Definitions

  1. Germain's swiftlet; Aerodramus fuciphagus germani

Ancestry of “walet sarang gua”, step by step

walet sarang gua traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian gua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianguacave; "First-person singular pronoun": I, me, my
2MalayguaI, me, my; cave; "First-person singular pronoun":...
3Sanskritगुहाhiding place, cave, cavern
4Sanskritगुह्a hiding place, cave, den, lair
5Proto-Indo-Iraniangʰawȷ́ʰ-to hide, conceal

via Indonesian sarang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansarangnest
2Malaysarangnest
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*salaʀ

via Indonesian walet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianwaletswallow, martin
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰawȷ́ʰ-Every word from Sanskrit गुह्Every word from Sanskrit गुहा
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