Where does “alber” come from?

alber (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian berat, from Malay berat, from Proto-Malayic bərat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀəqat — weight; heaviness; difficult; pregnant.

Ancestry of “alber”, step by step

alber traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian berat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianberatheavy
2Malayberatweight
3Proto-Malayicbəratheavy
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀəqatweight; heaviness; difficult; pregnant

via Indonesian alat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianalattool, instrument
2Malayalattool
3Arabicآلَةinstrument, tool
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀəqatEvery word from Proto-Malayic bəratEvery word from Malay berat
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