Where does “pun” come from?

pun (Mualang) comes from Proto-Malayic puhun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puqun, from Proto-Austronesian puqun.

pun (Mualang): tree

Definitions

  1. tree

Ancestry of “pun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicpuhuntree
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuqunbase of a tree; origin
3Proto-Austronesianpuqun—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puqun →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puqun →Every word from Proto-Malayic puhun →
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