Where does “samua” come from?
samua (Classical Malay) comes from Pali samūha, from Sanskrit समूह, from Sanskrit सम्, from Sanskrit आस, from Proto-Indo-European sewh₁- — to press, push.
Ancestry of “samua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pali | samūha | multitude; mass; aggregation |
| 2 | Sanskrit | समूह | a collection, assemblage, aggregate, heap,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | सम् | to be agitated or disturbed |
| 4 | Sanskrit | आस | ashes; dust; past of अस् : was |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sewh₁- | to press, push |