Where does “baru” come from?

baru (Malay) comes from Malay baharu, from Proto-Malayic baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh — new.

baru (Malay): just; new; recently came into existence; sea...

Definitions

  1. just; new; recently came into existence; sea...

Ancestry of “baru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybaharunew; obsolete spelling of baru
2Proto-Malayicbaharunew
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaqəʀunew recently made or created
4Proto-Austronesian*baqəʀuhnew

Words derived from “baru”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu →Every word from Proto-Malayic baharu →