Where does “segar” come from?

segar (Indonesian) comes from Malay segar, from Classical Malay سݢر, from Proto-Malayic *səgər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sə(ŋ)gər.

segar (Indonesian): healthy

Definitions

  1. healthy

Ancestry of “segar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysegarhealthy; fresh
2Classical Malayسݢر—
3Proto-Malayic*səgər—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sə(ŋ)gər—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sə(ŋ)gər →Every word from Proto-Malayic *səgər →Every word from Classical Malay سݢر →