Where does “selir” come from?

selir (Indonesian) comes from Malay selir, from Javanese ꦱꦼꦭꦶꦂ, from Old Javanese sĕlir.

selir (Indonesian): concubine, a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife

Definitions

  1. concubine, a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife

Ancestry of “selir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayselir
2Javaneseꦱꦼꦭꦶꦂ
3Old Javanesesĕlir

Words derived from “selir

Every word from Old Javanese sĕlir
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