Where does “rumah inap” come from?

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

rumah inap (Malay): homestay

Definitions

  1. homestay

Ancestry of “rumah inap”, step by step

rumah inap 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 inap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayinapto stay and sleep
2Proto-Malayichinəp—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqinəpto lie down
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