Where does “puhun” come from?

puhun (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puqun, from Proto-Austronesian puqun.

puhun (Proto-Malayic): tree

Definitions

  1. tree

Ancestry of “puhun”, step by step

puhun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puqun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuqunbase of a tree; origin
2Proto-Austronesianpuqun—

via Austronesian *puqun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Austronesian*puqun—

Words derived from “puhun”

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