Where does “garam” come from?

garam (Acehnese) comes from Malay garam, from Proto-Malayic *garəm.

garam (Acehnese): salt

Definitions

  1. salt

Ancestry of “garam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaygaramsalt
2Proto-Malayic*garəm—
Every word from Proto-Malayic *garəm →Every word from Malay garam →
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