Where does “bubu” come from?

bubu (Sundanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bubu, from Proto-Austronesian bubu — fish trap.

bubu (Sundanese): fish trap

Definitions

  1. fish trap

Ancestry of “bubu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbubufish trap
2Proto-Austronesianbubufish trap
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bubu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bubu →