Where does “الو” come from?

الو (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic halu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, from Proto-Austronesian qaSəlu — pestle.

الو (Malay): pestle

Definitions

  1. pestle

Ancestry of “الو”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayichalupestle
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qahəlu—
3Proto-AustronesianqaSəlupestle
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaSəlu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu →Every word from Proto-Malayic halu →