Where does “laja” come from?

laja (Sundanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia — ginger.

laja (Sundanese): galangal

Definitions

  1. galangal

Ancestry of “laja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*laqiaginger
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia