Where does “bara” come from?

bara (Indonesian) comes from Malay bara, from Proto-Malayic *bara(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baʀah, from Proto-Austronesian baʀah — ember; glowing coal.

bara (Indonesian): ember

Definitions

  1. ember

Ancestry of “bara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybaraember
2Proto-Malayic*bara(ʔ)live coal
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaʀahember; glowing coal
4Proto-Austronesianbaʀahember; glowing coal

Words derived from “bara”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian baʀah →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baʀah →Every word from Proto-Malayic *bara(ʔ) →