Where does “kain” come from?

kain (Indonesian) comes from Malay kain, from Classical Malay کاءين, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain.

kain (Indonesian): cloth; textile

Definitions

  1. cloth; textile

Ancestry of “kain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykaincloth; textile
2Classical Malayکاءين—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kain—

Words derived from “kain”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain →Every word from Classical Malay کاءين →Every word from Malay kain →