Where does “karang” come from?
karang (Malay) comes from Classical Malay karang, from Javanese ꦏꦫꦁ, from Old Javanese karaṅ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *karaŋ.
karang (Malay): coral; coral reef
Ancestry of “karang”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Malay | karang | coral, a hard substance made of the limestone... |
| 2 | Javanese | ꦏꦫꦁ | — |
| 3 | Old Javanese | karaṅ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *karaŋ | — |
Words derived from “karang”