Where does “mari” come from?

mari (Indonesian) comes from Malay mari, from Proto-Malayic mari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(um-)aʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *(um-)aʀi.

mari (Indonesian): to come here; come on!

Definitions

  1. to come here; come on!

Ancestry of “mari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymarito come; come on; to come here
2Proto-Malayicmarito come
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*(um-)aʀito come to move from further away to nearer to
4Proto-Austronesian*(um-)aʀi—

Words derived from “mari”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *(um-)aʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(um-)aʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayic mari →