Where does “warkah” come from?

warkah (Malay) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan walkás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian warkás, from Proto-Indo-European wolko-.

warkah (Malay): A letter; The content of the letter

Definitions

  1. A letter; The content of the letter

Ancestry of “warkah”, step by step

warkah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Aryan walkás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanwalkás—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianwarkásbark, leaf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwolko-—

via Arabic وَرَقَة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوَرَقَة—
2Proto-Semiticwaraḳ-green, greenish; yellow; leaf

Words derived from “warkah”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wolko- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian warkás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan walkás →