Where does “bersurat” come from?

bersurat (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian surat, from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat.

bersurat (Indonesian): to write (a letter)

Definitions

  1. to write (a letter)

Ancestry of “bersurat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansuratdocument; letter; inscription
2Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
3Proto-Malayicsurat—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat →Every word from Proto-Malayic surat →Every word from Malay surat →