Where does “sarung” come from?

sarung (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *saruŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ.

sarung (Malay): sarong; sheath

Definitions

  1. sarong; sheath

Ancestry of “sarung”, step by step

sarung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayic *saruŋ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*saruŋ—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*saruŋ—

via Proto-Austronesian *saruŋ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*saruŋ—

Words derived from “sarung”

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