Where does “surat izin” come from?

surat izin (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian surat, from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat.

surat izin (Indonesian): permit: an document rendering something allowed or legal

Definitions

  1. permit: an document rendering something allowed or legal

Ancestry of “surat izin”, step by step

surat izin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian surat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansuratdocument; letter; inscription
2Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
3Proto-Malayicsurat—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—

via Indonesian izin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianizinlicense; permit; permission; allowance; consent
2Malayizinpermission; consent; license; permit; permission
3Arabicإِذْنpermission

Words derived from “surat izin”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat →