Where does “rimba” come from?

rimba (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *rimba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀimba.

rimba (Malay): jungle, forest

Definitions

  1. jungle, forest

Ancestry of “rimba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*rimba—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀimba—

Words derived from “rimba”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀimba →Every word from Proto-Malayic *rimba →
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