Where does “burung camar” come from?

burung camar (Malay) comes from Malay burung, from Classical Malay بوروڠ, from Proto-Malayic *buruŋ — bird.

burung camar (Malay): gull (bird of the family Laridae)

Definitions

  1. gull (bird of the family Laridae)

Ancestry of “burung camar”, step by step

burung camar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay burung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayburungbird; penis
2Classical Malayبوروڠ—
3Proto-Malayic*buruŋbird

via Malay camar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaycamargull (bird of the family Laridae)
Every word from Proto-Malayic *buruŋ →Every word from Classical Malay بوروڠ →Every word from Malay burung →