Where does “orang rumah” come from?

orang rumah (Malay) comes from Malay rumah, from Classical Malay rumah, from Proto-Malayic rumah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian ʀumaq — house.

orang rumah (Malay): A married woman, A wife

Definitions

  1. A married woman, A wife

Ancestry of “orang rumah”, step by step

orang rumah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay rumah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayrumahhouse; home
2Classical Malayrumahhouse; home
3Proto-Malayicrumahhouse
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀumaqhouse
5Proto-Austronesianʀumaqhouse

via Malay orang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayorangperson; human, person; a vassal; a subject
2Proto-Malayo-PolynesianuRaŋoutsider

Words derived from “orang rumah”

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