Where does “රුවල්” come from?

රුවල් (Sinhalese) comes from Sanskrit *लयर, from Proto-Malayic layar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ — sail.

රුවල් (Sinhalese): sail

Definitions

  1. sail

Ancestry of “රුවල්”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskrit*लयर—
2Proto-Malayiclayarsail
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlayaʀsail
4Proto-Austronesianlayaʀsail
Every word from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic layar →