Where does “datar” come from?
datar (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic datar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dataʀ, from Proto-Austronesian dataʀ — flat.
datar (Malay): flat; to be horizontal
Ancestry of “datar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayic | datar | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | dataʀ | flat |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | dataʀ | flat |
Words derived from “datar”