Where does “rumah” come from?
rumah (Malay) comes from Classical Malay rumah, from Proto-Malayic rumah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian ʀumaq.
rumah (Malay): house; home
Ancestry of “rumah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Malay | rumah | house; home |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | rumah | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ʀumaq | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | ʀumaq | — |
Words derived from “rumah”