Where does “durian” come from?

durian (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic duri-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duʀi-an, from Proto-Austronesian duʀi — thorn.

durian (Norwegian Bokmål): durian fruit

Definitions

  1. durian fruit

Ancestry of “durian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdurianAny of several trees, genus "Durio", of Southeast...
2Malayduriandurian fruit
3Proto-Malayicduri-an—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduʀi-an—
5Proto-Austronesianduʀithorn
Every word from Proto-Austronesian duʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duʀi-an →Every word from Proto-Malayic duri-an →