Where does “selama-lamanya” come from?

selama-lamanya (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian se-, from Malay se-, from Old Malay sa-, from Proto-Malayic sA-, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa.

selama-lamanya (Indonesian): always, eternal, forever

Definitions

  1. always, eternal, forever

Ancestry of “selama-lamanya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianse-one; same
2Malayse-one; used to form the comparative of adjectives;...
3Old Malaysa-—
4Proto-MalayicsA-one
5Proto-Malayicəsa—
6Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa—
7Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa—
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
9Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
10Proto-Oceanic*isa—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa →
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