Where does “Durio” come from?

Durio (Translingual) comes from English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic duri-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duʀi-an, from Proto-Austronesian duʀi — thorn.

Durio (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Durio”, step by step

Durio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English durian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdurianAny of several trees, genus "Durio", of Southeast...
2Malayduriandurian fruit
3Proto-Malayicduri-an—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduʀi-an—
5Proto-Austronesianduʀithorn

via Proto-Turkic dur-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicdur-to stand; to stand; to live
2Azerbaijanidurmaqto stand
3Old Anatolian Turkishطورمقto stand
4Proto-Turkic*tüŕ-—

Words derived from “Durio”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian duʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duʀi-an →Every word from Proto-Malayic duri-an →