Where does “daratan” come from?

daratan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian darat, from Malay darat, from Proto-Malayic darat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat — littoral sea.

daratan (Indonesian): dry land

Definitions

  1. dry land

Ancestry of “daratan”, step by step

daratan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian darat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiandaratground; land
2Malaydaratland; to land; one part of land owned and...
3Proto-Malayicdarat—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaʀatlittoral sea

via Malay daratan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydaratanland as opposed to the sea
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat →Every word from Proto-Malayic darat →Every word from Malay darat →