Where does “layar” come from?

layar (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic layar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ — sail.

layar (Malay): sail; screen; to sail

Definitions

  1. sail; screen; to sail

Ancestry of “layar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayiclayarsail
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlayaʀsail
3Proto-Austronesianlayaʀsail

Words derived from “layar”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic layar →