Where does “suku” come from?

suku (Ternate) comes from Malay suku, from Javanese ꦱꦸꦏꦸ, from Old Javanese suku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sukud, from Proto-Austronesian *sukud — walking stick.

suku (Ternate): a quarter real (the coin)

Definitions

  1. a quarter real (the coin)

Ancestry of “suku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysukuquarter
2Javaneseꦱꦸꦏꦸfoot
3Old Javanesesukufoot
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sukudwalking stick
5Proto-Austronesian*sukudwalking stick
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *sukud →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sukud →Every word from Old Javanese suku →