Where does “baru” come from?
baru (Malay) comes from Malay baharu, from Proto-Malayic baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh.
baru (Malay): just; new; recently came into existence; sea...
Definitions
- just; new; recently came into existence; sea...
Ancestry of “baru”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | baharu | new; obsolete spelling of baru |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | baharu | new |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | baqəʀu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *baqəʀuh | — |
Words derived from “baru”