Where does “dalam” come from?
dalam (Indonesian) comes from Malay dalam, from Javanese ꦢꦊꦩ꧀, from Old Javanese dalem, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daləm, from Proto-Austronesian daləm — inside; deep.
dalam (Indonesian): deep; inside, indoors; interior
Definitions
- deep; inside, indoors; interior
Ancestry of “dalam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Malay | dalam | deep; inside, in, within; indoor |
| 2 | Javanese | ꦢꦊꦩ꧀ | — |
| 3 | Old Javanese | dalem | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | daləm | inside; deep |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | daləm | inside; deep |