Where does “sarong” come from?

sarong (Romanian) comes from French sarong, from Dutch saroeng, from Malay sarung, from Proto-Malayic *saruŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ.

sarong (Romanian): sarong

Definitions

  1. sarong

Ancestry of “sarong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsarongsarong
2Dutchsaroeng—
3Malaysarungsarong; sheath
4Proto-Malayic*saruŋ—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*saruŋ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *saruŋ →Every word from Malay sarung →