Where does “laut” come from?

laut (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud, from Proto-Austronesian lahud — downstream.

laut (Proto-Malayic): seaward; towards the sea

Definitions

  1. seaward; towards the sea

Ancestry of “laut”, step by step

laut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlahuddownstream
2Proto-Austronesianlahuddownstream

via Proto-Oceanic *lahud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*lahud—
2Austronesian*lahud—

Words derived from “laut”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud →