Where does “langka” come from?

langka (Indonesian) comes from Javanese langka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *la(ŋ)ka.

langka (Indonesian): rare

Definitions

  1. rare

Ancestry of “langka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneselangka—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*la(ŋ)ka—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *la(ŋ)ka →Every word from Javanese langka →