Where does “Malaysianness” come from?
Malaysianness (English) comes from English Malaysian, from English Malaysia, from English Malay, from Malay Melayu, from Malay Malayu, from Old Javanese layū, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi lariw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian laʀiw.
Malaysianness (English): Quality of being Malaysian
Definitions
- Quality of being Malaysian
Ancestry of “Malaysianness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Malaysian | Pertaining to the country of Malaysia; Pertaining... |
| 2 | English | Malaysia | — |
| 3 | English | Malay | Of or relating to the Malays, a people living in... |
| 4 | Malay | Melayu | Malay |
| 5 | Malay | Malayu | — |
| 6 | Old Javanese | layū | — |
| 7 | Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi | lariw | — |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | laʀiw | — |
| 9 | Proto-Austronesian | laʀiw | — |