Where does “rumah panjai” come from?

rumah panjai (Iban) comes from Iban rumah, from Proto-Malayic rumah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian ʀumaq — house.

rumah panjai (Iban): longhouse

Definitions

  1. longhouse

Ancestry of “rumah panjai”, step by step

rumah panjai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Iban rumah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanrumahhouse abode
2Proto-Malayicrumahhouse
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀumaqhouse
4Proto-Austronesianʀumaqhouse

via Iban panjai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanpanjailong
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ʀumaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀumaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic rumah →