Where does “bung” come from?

bung (Palauan) comes from Japanese 分, from Middle Chinese ふん, from Middle Chinese 糞.

bung (Palauan): flower

Definitions

  1. flower

Ancestry of “bung”, step by step

bung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 分

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese分a minute; a part, a share, a portion; an obsolete...
2Middle Chineseふん—
3Middle Chinese糞—

via Proto-Oceanic *buŋa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*buŋa—
Every word from Middle Chinese 糞 →Every word from Middle Chinese ふん →Every word from Japanese 分 →