Where does “kayu api” come from?

kayu api (Malay) comes from Malay Api, from Proto-Malayic api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

kayu api (Malay): firewood

Definitions

  1. firewood

Ancestry of “kayu api”, step by step

kayu api traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay Api

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayApifire oxidation reaction
2Proto-Malayicapifire
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
4Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire

via Malay kayu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykayuwood substance
2Proto-Malayic*kayuʔwood
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankahiwwood; tree
4Proto-AustronesiankaSiwwood; tree
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy →