Where does “bunga anting-anting” come from?

bunga anting-anting (Makasar) comes from Makasar bunga, from Proto-South Sulawesi *buŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buŋa, from Proto-Austronesian buŋa — flower; blossom.

bunga anting-anting (Makasar): a type of cultivated red flower

Definitions

  1. a type of cultivated red flower

Ancestry of “bunga anting-anting”, step by step

bunga anting-anting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar bunga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarbungaflower, blossom
2Proto-South Sulawesi*buŋa—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuŋaflower
4Proto-Austronesianbuŋaflower; blossom

via Makasar anting-anting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasaranting-anting—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buŋa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buŋa →Every word from Proto-South Sulawesi *buŋa →