Where does “paparan” come from?

paparan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian papar, from Malay papar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *parpar.

paparan (Indonesian): shelf

Definitions

  1. shelf

Ancestry of “paparan”, step by step

paparan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian papar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpaparflat; expose
2Malaypaparflat of a surface
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*parpar—

via Indonesian an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianan—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *parpar →Every word from Malay papar →Every word from Indonesian papar →