Where does “rāma” come from?

rāma (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *da-amax, from Proto-Austronesian *ama—h.

rāma (Old Javanese): father (once: mother in Udyogaparwa), also used for uncle, guru, etc

Definitions

  1. father (once: mother in Udyogaparwa), also used for uncle, guru, etc

Ancestry of “rāma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*da-amax—
2Proto-Austronesian*ama—h—

Words derived from “rāma”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ama—h →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *da-amax →