Where does “bunga uang” come from?

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

bunga uang (Makasar): interest on money

Definitions

  1. interest on money

Ancestry of “bunga uang”, step by step

bunga uang 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 Proto-Albanian uang-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianuang-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwen(H)g-to be bent, curved
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buŋa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buŋa →Every word from Proto-South Sulawesi *buŋa →