Where does “ngalèr” come from?

ngalèr (Javanese) comes from Javanese lèr, from Old Javanese lor, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud, from Proto-Austronesian lahud — downstream.

ngalèr (Javanese): to go northward

Definitions

  1. to go northward

Ancestry of “ngalèr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneselèrnorth, one of compass points; northern
2Old Javaneselornorth
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlahuddownstream
4Proto-Austronesianlahuddownstream
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud →Every word from Old Javanese lor →