Where does “bersurat” come from?

bersurat (Malay) comes from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat.

bersurat (Malay): to use letters

Definitions

  1. to use letters

Ancestry of “bersurat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
2Proto-Malayicsurat—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat →