Where does “lemah” come from?

lemah (Indonesian) comes from Javanese ꦊꦩꦃ, from Old Javanese lĕmah, from Proto-Mon-Khmer sləmʔ.

lemah (Indonesian): weak (lacking in force or ability)

Definitions

  1. weak (lacking in force or ability)

Ancestry of “lemah”, step by step

lemah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Javanese ꦊꦩꦃ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦊꦩꦃearth
2Old Javaneselĕmahearth
3Proto-Mon-Khmersləmʔ—

via Malay lemah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylemahweak (lacking in force or ability)

Words derived from “lemah”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer sləmʔ →