Where does “dalam” come from?

dalam (Malay) comes from Javanese ꦢꦊꦩ꧀, from Old Javanese dalem, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daləm, from Proto-Austronesian daləm — inside; deep.

dalam (Malay): deep; inside, in, within; indoor

Definitions

  1. deep; inside, in, within; indoor

Ancestry of “dalam”, step by step

dalam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Javanese ꦢꦊꦩ꧀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦢꦊꦩ꧀in, inside, within
2Old Javanesedaleminterior inner part
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaləminside; deep
4Proto-Austronesiandaləminside; deep

via Proto-Malayic daləm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicdaləminside; deep

Words derived from “dalam”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian daləm →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daləm →Every word from Old Javanese dalem →