Where does “timun laut” come from?

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

timun laut (Malay): sea cucumber

Definitions

  1. sea cucumber

Ancestry of “timun laut”, step by step

timun 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 timun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytimuncucumber
2Proto-Malayic*timun—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qatimuncucumber
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Malayic laut →
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