Where does “neraka” come from?
neraka (Indonesian) comes from Malay neraka, from Sanskrit नरक, from Proto-Indo-European *nér.
neraka (Indonesian): hell
Ancestry of “neraka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | neraka | hell |
| 2 | Sanskrit | नरक | hell |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *nér | — |