Where does “laut” come from?

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

laut (Malay): sea

Definitions

  1. sea

Ancestry of “laut”, step by step

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

Words derived from “laut”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Malayic laut →