Where does “borong sarre” come from?
borong sarre (Makasar) comes from Hungarian borong, from Hungarian borít, from Hungarian -t, from Proto-Uralic -tt.
borong sarre (Makasar): a clump of lemongrass
Ancestry of “borong sarre”, step by step
borong sarre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian borong
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | borong | to brood, be melancholy, gloomy, sorrowful; to... |
| 2 | Hungarian | borít | to cover; to overturn |
| 3 | Hungarian | -t | Used to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -tt | — |
via Makasar sarre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Makasar | sarre | Cymbopogon citratus; lemongrass |
| 2 | Proto-South Sulawesi | *sɨrre | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *səray | — |