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 — house.

rumah (Malay): house; home

Definitions

  1. house; home

Ancestry of “rumah”, step by step

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

Words derived from “rumah”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ʀumaq →