Where does “paku” come from?

paku (Sundanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paku, from Proto-Austronesian *pahəku — bracken; edible fern that grows by rivers, Diplazium esculentum.

paku (Sundanese): fern

Definitions

  1. fern

Ancestry of “paku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pakufern
2Proto-Austronesian*pahəkubracken; edible fern that grows by rivers, Diplazium esculentum

Words derived from “paku”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *pahəku →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paku →