Where does “hulubalang” come from?

hulubalang (Malay) comes from Malay hulu, from Proto-Malayic hulu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qulu, from Proto-Austronesian qulu, from Proto-Austronesian quluh — head part of the body.

hulubalang (Malay): ulubalang

Definitions

  1. ulubalang

Ancestry of “hulubalang”, step by step

hulubalang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay hulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhuluhead; upstream, inland; starting, beginning
2Proto-Malayichulu(ʔ)head
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianquluhead
4Proto-Austronesianquluhead
5Proto-Austronesianquluhhead part of the body

via Malay bala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybalaforce, army; misfortune
2Sanskritबलpower, strength, might, vigour, force, validity;...
3Proto-Indo-Aryanbálas—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianbálasstrong, forceful
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbel-to dig, cut off?; strong; power, strength

Words derived from “hulubalang”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian quluh →Every word from Proto-Austronesian qulu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qulu →
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