Where does “tarah” come from?

tarah (Indonesian) comes from Malay tarah, from Proto-Malayic *tarah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian taʀaq — hewing with an adze.

tarah (Indonesian): to be planed of a piece of wood

Definitions

  1. to be planed of a piece of wood

Ancestry of “tarah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytarahto smooth or level wood with a knife
2Proto-Malayic*tarahto smooth or level wood with an adze or similar tool
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaʀaqto hew wood with an adze
4Proto-Austronesiantaʀaqhewing with an adze
Every word from Proto-Austronesian taʀaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic *tarah →