Where does “sendratari” come from?

sendratari (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian seni, from Malay seni, from Indonesian se-, from Malay se-, from Old Malay sa-, from Proto-Malayic sA-, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa.

sendratari (Indonesian): ballet, a theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story

Definitions

  1. ballet, a theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story

Ancestry of “sendratari”, step by step

sendratari traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian seni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansenifine; art; genius
2Malaysenidiscrete; fine; art
3Indonesianse-one; same
4Malayse-one; used to form the comparative of adjectives;...
5Old Malaysa-
6Proto-MalayicsA-one
7Proto-Malayicəsa
8Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa
9Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa
10Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
11Proto-Austronesian*əsa
12Proto-Oceanic*isa

via Indonesian drama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiandramadrama
2Dutchdramadrama; Something tragic, a tragedy
3Latindramadrama, play
4Ancient Greekδρᾶμαa deed, act; one of the three types of ancient...
5Ancient GreekδράωI act, I take action, I achieve
6Proto-Hellenicdráwō
7Proto-Indo-Europeandréwh₂-etito run, act

via Indonesian tari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantaridance
2MalaytariA dance; a sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa