Where does “mabuk laut” come from?

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

mabuk laut (Malay): Seasick; suffering from sickness, nausea or dizziness due to the motion of a ship at sea

Definitions

  1. Seasick; suffering from sickness, nausea or dizziness due to the motion of a ship at sea

Ancestry of “mabuk laut”, step by step

mabuk 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 mabuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymabukdrunk; intoxicated; inebriated
2Proto-Malayic*ma-buhuk—
3Proto-Austronesian*ma-buSuk—
4Proto-Austronesian*buSukto be drunk
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Malayic laut →