Where does “periuk api” come from?

periuk api (Malay) comes from Malay Api, from Proto-Malayic api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

periuk api (Malay): land mine

Definitions

  1. land mine

Ancestry of “periuk api”, step by step

periuk api traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay Api

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayApifire oxidation reaction
2Proto-Malayicapifire
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
4Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire

via Malay periuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayperiukA pot
2Proto-Austronesian*pariuk—

Words derived from “periuk api”

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