Where does “bamer” come from?

bamer (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian merah, from Malay merah, from Malay mirah, from Proto-Malayic (mA-)irah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq — red.

bamer (Indonesian): shallot

Definitions

  1. shallot

Ancestry of “bamer”, step by step

bamer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian merah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmerahred
2Malaymerahred
3MalaymirahObsolete form of merah
4Proto-Malayic(mA-)irah—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)iʀaqred

via Indonesian bawang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbawanga generic name for onion or leek
2Malaybawanga generic name for onion, include garlic, leek etc
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic (mA-)irah →Every word from Malay mirah →