Where does “biring jeʼneʼ” come from?

biring jeʼneʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar biring, from Proto-South Sulawesi *biriŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biriŋ.

biring jeʼneʼ (Makasar): a riverbank

Definitions

  1. a riverbank

Ancestry of “biring jeʼneʼ”, step by step

biring jeʼneʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar biring

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarbiringan edge; a border; a rim; a margin
2Proto-South Sulawesi*biriŋ—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*biriŋ—

via Makasar jeʼneʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarjeʼneʼwater
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biriŋ →Every word from Proto-South Sulawesi *biriŋ →Every word from Makasar biring →