Where does “lemak” come from?

lemak (Indonesian) comes from Malay lemak, from Proto-Malayic *ləmək.

lemak (Indonesian): fat, grease

Definitions

  1. fat, grease

Ancestry of “lemak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylemakgrease; fat; fat; fat, grease
2Proto-Malayic*ləmək—

Words derived from “lemak”

Every word from Proto-Malayic *ləmək →Every word from Malay lemak →