Where does “beras” come from?

beras (Indonesian) comes from Malay beras, from Proto-Malayic bəras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas — rice.

beras (Indonesian): uncooked rice

Definitions

  1. uncooked rice

Ancestry of “beras”, step by step

beras traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay beras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayberasuncooked rice
2Proto-Malayicbərasrice
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀasrice
4Proto-Austronesianbəʀasrice

via Karo Batak beras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Karo Batakberasrice
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayic bəras →