Where does “wuku” come from?

wuku (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Austronesian *bukuh.

wuku (Old Javanese): section of bamboo, etc, between the joints

Definitions

  1. section of bamboo, etc, between the joints

Ancestry of “wuku”, step by step

wuku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Austronesian *bukuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*bukuh—

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bukuhnode; joint; knuckle; knot
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bukuh →