Where does “paku haji” come from?

paku haji (Sundanese) comes from Sundanese haji, from Malay haji, from Arabic حَجّ, from Arabic حَجَّ — to convince with legal arguments; to make the...

paku haji (Sundanese): royal fern

Definitions

  1. royal fern

Ancestry of “paku haji”, step by step

paku haji traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sundanese haji

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundanesehajiking
2Malayhajihajji: A Muslim who has participated in a hajj
3Arabicحَجّpilgrimage
4Arabicحَجَّto convince with legal arguments; to make the...

via Sundanese paku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundanesepakufern
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pakufern
3Proto-Austronesian*pahəkubracken; edible fern that grows by rivers, Diplazium esculentum
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