Where does “paparan” come from?
paparan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian papar, from Malay papar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *parpar.
paparan (Indonesian): shelf
Ancestry of “paparan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | papar | flat; expose |
| 2 | Malay | papar | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *parpar | — |