Where does “ber-” come from?

ber- (Classical Malay) comes from Malay ber-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀ-.

ber- (Classical Malay): having; -ed, -d; producing; multiple

Definitions

  1. having; -ed, -d; producing; multiple

Ancestry of “ber-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayber-used to form stative verbs; having; -ed, -d,...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maʀ-

Words derived from “ber-

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀ-Every word from Malay ber-