Where does “*pulan” come from?

*pulan (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bulan, from Austronesian *bulaN, from Proto-Austronesian bulaN — moon; month; menstruation.

*pulan (Proto-Oceanic): moon

Definitions

  1. moon

Ancestry of “*pulan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbulanmoon
2Austronesian*bulaN
3Proto-AustronesianbulaNmoon; month; menstruation
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bulaN
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