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Where does “lemot” come from?

lemot (Volapük) comes from Indonesian otak, from Malay otak, from Malay utak, from Proto-Malayic *u(n)tək, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hutək,*qutək,*qutak.

lemot (Volapük): grandmother

Definitions

  1. grandmother

Ancestry of “lemot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianotakbrain
2Malayotakbrain
3MalayutakObsolete form of otak
4Proto-Malayic*u(n)tək—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*hutək,*qutək,*qutak—

Words derived from “lemot”

  • lemotül
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hutək,*qutək,*qutak →