Where does “sulat” come from?

sulat (Cebuano) comes from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat.

sulat (Cebuano): a letter, a correspondence; a written message; a...

Definitions

  1. a letter, a correspondence; a written message; a...

Ancestry of “sulat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
2Proto-Malayicsurat—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—

Words derived from “sulat”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat →Every word from Proto-Malayic surat →Every word from Malay surat →