Where does “jauh” come from?

jauh (Brunei Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic jauh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)zauq.

jauh (Brunei Malay): far

Definitions

  1. far

Ancestry of “jauh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicjauh—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)zauq—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)zauq →Every word from Proto-Malayic jauh →