Where does “jarum” come from?

jarum (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic jarum, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaʀum, from Proto-Austronesian zaʀum — needle.

jarum (Iban): needle

Definitions

  1. needle

Ancestry of “jarum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicjarumneedle
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzaʀumneedle
3Proto-Austronesianzaʀumneedle
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zaʀum →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaʀum →Every word from Proto-Malayic jarum →