Where does “biru-biru” come from?

biru-biru (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)biʀaw — blue.

biru-biru (Malay): fold, series of pleats accordion-wise in a cloth, curtain, etc

Definitions

  1. fold, series of pleats accordion-wise in a cloth, curtain, etc

Ancestry of “biru-biru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicbirublue
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)biʀawblue
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)biʀaw →Every word from Proto-Malayic biru →