Where does “biarpun” come from?

biarpun (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian pun, from Malay pun, from Austronesian *pa.

biarpun (Indonesian): even though

Definitions

  1. even though

Ancestry of “biarpun”, step by step

biarpun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian pun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpunalso, too
2Malaypunalso; even
3Austronesian*pa—

via Indonesian biar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbiarto let; to allow
2MalaybiarTo let; to allow
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbihaʀcaptive, one taken alive in war
Every word from Austronesian *pa →