Where does “ruma” come from?

ruma (Betawi) comes from Classical Malay rumah, from Proto-Malayic rumah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian ʀumaq — house.

ruma (Betawi): house abode

Definitions

  1. house abode

Ancestry of “ruma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Malayrumahhouse; home
2Proto-Malayicrumahhouse
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀumaqhouse
4Proto-Austronesianʀumaqhouse
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ʀumaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀumaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic rumah →