Where does “ꦠꦼꦧꦸ” come from?

ꦠꦼꦧꦸ (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese tĕbu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian təbuS — sugarcane.

ꦠꦼꦧꦸ (Javanese): sugar cane

Definitions

  1. sugar cane

Ancestry of “ꦠꦼꦧꦸ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesetĕbusugar cane
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantəbuhsugar cane
3Proto-AustronesiantəbuSsugarcane
Every word from Proto-Austronesian təbuS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təbuh →Every word from Old Javanese tĕbu →