Where does “lumut” come from?

lumut (Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian lumut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lumut — moss.

Ancestry of “lumut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianlumut—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlumutmoss
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lumut →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian lumut →