Where does “sarung” come from?

sarung (Indonesian) comes from Malay sarung, from Proto-Malayic *saruŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ.

sarung (Indonesian): sarong; sheath

Definitions

  1. sarong; sheath

Ancestry of “sarung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysarungsarong; sheath
2Proto-Malayic*saruŋ—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*saruŋ—

Words derived from “sarung”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *saruŋ →Every word from Malay sarung →