Where does “malam” come from?

malam (Acehnese) comes from Proto-Chamic *malam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.

malam (Acehnese): height; night

Definitions

  1. height; night

Ancestry of “malam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Chamic*malam—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maləm—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm →Every word from Proto-Chamic *malam →