Where does “danau” come from?

danau (Malay) comes from Classical Malay danau, from Proto-Malayic *danaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian danaw, from Proto-Austronesian danaw — lake.

danau (Malay): lake body of water

Definitions

  1. lake body of water

Ancestry of “danau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Malaydanau—
2Proto-Malayic*danaw—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandanawlake
4Proto-Austronesiandanawlake

Words derived from “danau”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian danaw →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian danaw →Every word from Proto-Malayic *danaw →