Where does “beras” come from?

beras (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese [[bĕras]], [[bras]], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas — rice.

beras (Javanese): uncooked rice

Definitions

  1. uncooked rice

Ancestry of “beras”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanese[[bĕras]], [[bras]]—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀasrice
3Proto-Austronesianbəʀasrice
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas →Every word from Old Javanese [[bĕras]], [[bras]] →