English
golok
Golok comes from Malay golok ‘a cutting tool, similar to a machete, used in…’, and goes back to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *guluk.
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*gulukreconstructed
- Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Malaymoderngolok‘a cutting tool, similar to a machete, used in agriculture and as a weapon’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*gulukreconstructed
- Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Malaymoderngolok‘a cutting tool, similar to a machete, used in agriculture and as a weapon’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *guluk
Today it means
noun A cutting tool, similar to a machete, used in agriculture and as a weapon in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *guluk / golok