Where does “paku” come from?

paku (Malay) comes from Classical Malay paku, from Proto-Malayic *paku(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paku, from Proto-Austronesian *pahəku — bracken; edible fern that grows by rivers, Diplazium esculentum.

paku (Malay): nail

Definitions

  1. nail

Ancestry of “paku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Malaypaku—
2Proto-Malayic*paku(ʔ)fern
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pakufern
4Proto-Austronesian*pahəkubracken; edible fern that grows by rivers, Diplazium esculentum

Words derived from “paku”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *pahəku →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paku →Every word from Proto-Malayic *paku(ʔ) →