Where does “*rumah” come from?

*rumah (Proto-Chamic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian ʀumaq — house.

Ancestry of “*rumah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀumaqhouse
2Proto-Austronesianʀumaqhouse

Words derived from “*rumah”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ʀumaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀumaq →