Where does “layar” come from?

layar (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ — sail.

layar (Proto-Malayic): sail

Definitions

  1. sail

Ancestry of “layar”, step by step

layar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlayaʀsail
2Proto-Austronesianlayaʀsail

via Austronesian *layaʀ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Austronesian*layaʀ—

Words derived from “layar”

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