Where does “pandan laut” come from?

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

pandan laut (Malay): Pandanus odorifer, a species of screwpine that grows in the coastal lowlands typically near the edge of the ocean

Definitions

  1. Pandanus odorifer, a species of screwpine that grows in the coastal lowlands typically near the edge of the ocean

Ancestry of “pandan laut”, step by step

pandan 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 pandan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypandanany plant of the genus "Pandanus"; the screw...
2Proto-Malayicpandanthe screw pines; genus "Pandanus" spp
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpaŋdanany of the screw pines; "Pandanus" spp
4Proto-AustronesianpaŋudaNthe screw pines; "Pandanus" spp
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Malayic laut →