Where does “kain” come from?

kain (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese kain, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain.

kain (Javanese): cloth

Definitions

  1. cloth

Ancestry of “kain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesekain—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kain—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain →Every word from Old Javanese kain →