Where does “jauh” come from?

jauh (Indonesian) comes from Malay jauh, from Proto-Malayic jauh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)zauq.

jauh (Indonesian): far

Definitions

  1. far

Ancestry of “jauh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayjauhfar
2Proto-Malayicjauh—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)zauq—

Words derived from “jauh”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)zauq →Every word from Proto-Malayic jauh →Every word from Malay jauh →