Where does “lipas kudung” come from?

lipas kudung (Malay) comes from Malay lipas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lipəs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ipəs, from Proto-Austronesian Sipəs — cockroach.

lipas kudung (Malay): someone or something incredibly fast; greased lightning

Definitions

  1. someone or something incredibly fast; greased lightning

Ancestry of “lipas kudung”, step by step

lipas kudung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay lipas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylipascockroach
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlipəs—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianipəscockroach
4Proto-AustronesianSipəscockroach

via Malay kudung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykudung—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sipəs →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ipəs →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lipəs →