Where does “layar” come from?
layar (Indonesian) comes from Malay layar, from Proto-Malayic layar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ — sail.
layar (Indonesian): sail
Ancestry of “layar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Malay | layar | sail; screen; to sail |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | layar | sail |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | layaʀ | sail |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | layaʀ | sail |