Where does “luwĕs” come from?

luwĕs (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luas — outside.

luwĕs (Old Javanese): flexible

Definitions

  1. flexible

Ancestry of “luwĕs”, step by step

luwĕs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*luasoutside

via Old Javanese poz-pro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesepoz-pro

Words derived from “luwĕs

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luas
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