Where does “layar” come from?

layar (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese layar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ — sail.

layar (Javanese): sail

Definitions

  1. sail

Ancestry of “layar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javaneselayarsail
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlayaʀsail
3Proto-Austronesianlayaʀsail
Every word from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ →Every word from Old Javanese layar →
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