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This is one of the better known words of proto-Yueh (prot-Austro-Tai) origin. In Hoklo we have:

 

    laaqiaa = 蜘蛛 = a type of long-legged spider.

In general, similar terms are widely observed in She, Hakka, Gan, and Min family languages. We do not find cognates in Cantonese.

 

Malay lawa-lawa, Indonesian/Malay labah-labah. Proto-Austronesian lawa.

 

Hakka has lâkiâ for any kind of spider. The She (畲) language has lau-khoe, lau-khoi, etc. as cognate.

  

The article 呂嵩雁,後山客語的語言接觸析探, 2006-12-20 www.hakka.gov.tw/public/Attachment/84141625771.pdf contains a list of Hakka and She words for spider:

 

台灣四縣：⊆la ⊆k’ia

廣東梅縣：⊆la ⊆k’ia
福安畲語﹝lau21/（6）k’oi22/（2）﹞

羅源畲語﹝lau21/（6）k’yΟ22/（2）﹞

三明畲語﹝la/2/（8）k’oi22/（2）﹞
華安畲語﹝⎟ioΝ44/（1）k’oi44/（1）﹞

潮州、豐順畲語﹝l􀀀55/（3）k’oi22/（2）﹞

蒼南畲語﹝lau21（6）k’oi22/（2）﹞

景寧、麗水畲語﹝l􀀀u55/（3）k’oi22/（2）﹞

貴溪畲語﹝l􀀀/2/（8）t⎭’io22/（2）﹞

龍游畲語﹝l􀀀u55/（3）t⎭’io22/（2）﹞