Where does “garis” come from?

garis (Indonesian) comes from Malay garis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *karis.

garis (Indonesian): line, dash, stripe

Definitions

  1. line, dash, stripe

Ancestry of “garis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaygarisline, dash, stripe
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*karis

Words derived from “garis

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *karis