Where does “rambut” come from?

rambut (Indonesian) comes from Malay rambut, from Proto-Malayic rambut.

rambut (Indonesian): hair; colloquial: thread, filament, mane, body...

Definitions

  1. hair; colloquial: thread, filament, mane, body...

Ancestry of “rambut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayrambuthair; colloquial: thread, filament, mane, body...
2Proto-Malayicrambut

Words derived from “rambut

Every word from Proto-Malayic rambutEvery word from Malay rambut