Where does “baru” come from?

baru (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh — new.

baru (Iban): new age of non-living things

Definitions

  1. new age of non-living things

Ancestry of “baru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicbaharunew
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaqəʀunew recently made or created
3Proto-Austronesian*baqəʀuhnew
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu →Every word from Proto-Malayic baharu →