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

Definitions

  1. sail

Ancestry of “layar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylayarsail; screen; to sail
2Proto-Malayiclayarsail
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlayaʀsail
4Proto-Austronesianlayaʀsail

Words derived from “layar”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic layar →