Where does “umah” come from?

umah (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian ʀumaq — house.

umah (Old Javanese): abode, home or house

Definitions

  1. abode, home or house

Ancestry of “umah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀumaqhouse
2Proto-Austronesianʀumaqhouse
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ʀumaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀumaq →