Where does “ubi kentang” come from?

ubi kentang (Malay) comes from Malay ubi, from Classical Malay ubi, from Proto-Malayic hubi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic hubi, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan hubi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qubi — The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.

ubi kentang (Malay): potato

Definitions

  1. potato

Ancestry of “ubi kentang”, step by step

ubi kentang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay ubi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayubiyam
2Classical Malayubi—
3Proto-Malayichubiyam
4Proto-Malayo-Chamichubi—
5Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanhubi—
6Proto-Malayo-PolynesianqubiThe purple yam, Dioscorea alata

via Malay kentang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykentangpotato
2Javaneseꦏꦼꦤ꧀ꦛꦁpotato: the tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qubi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan hubi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Chamic hubi →