Where does “suku” come from?
suku (Malay) comes from Javanese ꦱꦸꦏꦸ, from Old Javanese suku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sukud, from Proto-Austronesian *sukud.
suku (Malay): quarter
Ancestry of “suku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Javanese | ꦱꦸꦏꦸ | — |
| 2 | Old Javanese | suku | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *sukud | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *sukud | — |
Words derived from “suku”