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
Ancestry of “ماري”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayic | mari | to come |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *(um-)aʀi | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | *(um-)aʀi | — |