Where does “sarong” come from?
sarong (Afrikaans) comes from Malay sarung, from Proto-Malayic *saruŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ.
sarong (Afrikaans): sarong
Ancestry of “sarong”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | sarung | sarong; sheath |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | *saruŋ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *saruŋ | — |