Where does “pusat” come from?

pusat (Indonesian) comes from Malay pusat, from Proto-Malayic *pusət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pusəj — navel.

pusat (Indonesian): center, centre

Definitions

  1. center, centre

Ancestry of “pusat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypusatnavel
2Proto-Malayic*pusət—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpusəjnavel

Words derived from “pusat”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pusəj →Every word from Proto-Malayic *pusət →Every word from Malay pusat →