Where does “kuku” come from?

kuku (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian kuSkuS — nail.

kuku (Malay): nail

Definitions

  1. nail

Ancestry of “kuku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayickukunail
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankukuhnail
3Proto-AustronesiankuSkuSnail

Words derived from “kuku”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian kuSkuS →