Where does “garam” come from?

garam (Indonesian Bajau) comes from Indonesian garam, from Malay garam, from Proto-Malayic *garəm.

garam (Indonesian Bajau): salt

Definitions

  1. salt

Ancestry of “garam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiangaramsalt
2Malaygaramsalt
3Proto-Malayic*garəm—
Every word from Proto-Malayic *garəm →Every word from Malay garam →Every word from Indonesian garam →