Where does “surata” come from?

surata (Sahu) comes from Ternate surat, from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat.

surata (Sahu): a letter, note

Definitions

  1. a letter, note

Ancestry of “surata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ternatesurata letter written message
2Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
3Proto-Malayicsurat—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—
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