Where does “tebu” come from?

tebu (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *təbu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian təbuS — sugarcane.

tebu (Malay): sugar cane species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar

Definitions

  1. sugar cane species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar

Ancestry of “tebu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*təbu—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantəbuhsugar cane
3Proto-AustronesiantəbuSsugarcane

Words derived from “tebu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian təbuS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təbuh →Every word from Proto-Malayic *təbu →