Where does “paru” come from?

paru (Malay) comes from Malay paru-paru, from Austronesian *baʀaq.

paru (Malay): lung respiratory organ

Definitions

  1. lung respiratory organ

Ancestry of “paru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayparu-parulung
2Austronesian*baʀaq—
Every word from Austronesian *baʀaq →Every word from Malay paru-paru →