Where does “landak laut” come from?

landak laut (Malay) comes from Malay laut, from Classical Malay laut, from Proto-Malayic laut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud, from Proto-Austronesian lahud — downstream.

landak laut (Malay): sea urchin

Definitions

  1. sea urchin

Ancestry of “landak laut”, step by step

landak laut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay laut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylautsea
2Classical Malaylautsea
3Proto-Malayiclautseaward; towards the sea
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlahuddownstream
5Proto-Austronesianlahuddownstream

via Malay landak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylandakporcupine large rodent
2Proto-Malayic*landakporcupine
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*landakporcupine
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Malayic laut →