Where does “sinar” come from?
sinar (Indonesian) comes from Malay sinar, from Proto-Malayic sinar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian sinaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian siNaʀ.
sinar (Indonesian): ray; beam
Ancestry of “sinar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Malay | sinar | ray, beam; ray; beam |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | sinar | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | sinaʀ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | siNaʀ | — |