Where does “hlăt” come from?

hlăt (Jarai) comes from Proto-Chamic *hulat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian quləj, from Proto-Austronesian quləj — a type of small worm.

hlăt (Jarai): caterpillar, elongated wormlike larva of a butterfly or moth

Definitions

  1. caterpillar, elongated wormlike larva of a butterfly or moth

Ancestry of “hlăt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Chamic*hulatworm
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianquləjworm
3Proto-Austronesianquləja type of small worm

Words derived from “hlăt”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian quləj →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian quləj →Every word from Proto-Chamic *hulat →