Where does “simu” come from?

simu (Tok Pisin) comes from Malay semut, from Proto-Malayic *səmut.

simu (Tok Pisin): ant

Definitions

  1. ant

Ancestry of “simu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysemutant
2Proto-Malayic*səmut—
Every word from Proto-Malayic *səmut →Every word from Malay semut →