Where does “curug” come from?

curug (Sundanese) comes from Sundanese ci, from Sundanese cai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ — water.

curug (Sundanese): waterfall

Definitions

  1. waterfall

Ancestry of “curug”, step by step

curug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sundanese ci

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundaneseciwater
2Sundanesecaiwater
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwahiʀwater

via Proto-Turkic urug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicurugseed, child, girl; clan, kins; seed; child
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ →Every word from Sundanese cai →Every word from Sundanese ci →