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.
bara (Indonesian): ember
Ancestry of “bara”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | bara | ember |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | *bara(ʔ) | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | baʀah | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | baʀah | — |