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Where does “cucu lelaki cucu” come from?

cucu lelaki cucu (Malay) comes from Malay cucu lelaki, from Malay lelaki, from Malay laki, from Old Malay lāki, from Proto-Malayic *laki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

cucu lelaki cucu (Malay): great-great-grandson

Definitions

  1. great-great-grandson

Ancestry of “cucu lelaki cucu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaycucu lelakigrandson
2Malaylelakimale
3Malaylakihusband; male
4Old Malaylāki—
5Proto-Malayic*laki—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*laki—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki →