Where does “mari” come from?

mari (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic mari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(um-)aʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *(um-)aʀi.

mari (Malay): to come; come on; to come here

Definitions

  1. to come; come on; to come here

Ancestry of “mari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicmarito come
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*(um-)aʀito come to move from further away to nearer to
3Proto-Austronesian*(um-)aʀi—

Words derived from “mari”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *(um-)aʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(um-)aʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayic mari →