Where does “baru” come from?

baru (Baba Malay) comes from Malay baru, from Malay baharu, from Proto-Malayic baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh — new.

baru (Baba Malay): new

Definitions

  1. new

Ancestry of “baru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybarujust; new; recently came into existence; sea...
2Malaybaharunew; obsolete spelling of baru
3Proto-Malayicbaharunew
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaqəʀunew recently made or created
5Proto-Austronesian*baqəʀuhnew
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu →Every word from Proto-Malayic baharu →