Where does “tulak” come from?

tulak (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tulak — to push away; shove; repel.

tulak (Old Javanese): to push

Definitions

  1. to push

Ancestry of “tulak”, step by step

tulak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tulak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tulakto push away; shove; repel

via Proto-Austronesian *tulak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*tulak

Words derived from “tulak

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tulak