Where does “sarung” come from?
sarung (Indonesian) comes from Malay sarung, from Proto-Malayic *saruŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ.
sarung (Indonesian): sarong; sheath
Ancestry of “sarung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | sarung | sarong; sheath |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | *saruŋ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *saruŋ | — |