Where does “ماري” come from?

ماري (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic mari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(um-)aʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *(um-)aʀi.

ماري (Malay): to come; come on

Definitions

  1. to come; come on

Ancestry of “ماري”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicmarito come
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*(um-)aʀito come to move from further away to nearer to
3Proto-Austronesian*(um-)aʀi—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *(um-)aʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(um-)aʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayic mari →
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