Where does “ngumbah” come from?

ngumbah (Sundanese) comes from Sundanese kumbah, from Javanese ꦏꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ, from Old Javanese kumbah, from Old Javanese umbah — to wash (clothes).

ngumbah (Sundanese): to wash (clothes)

Definitions

  1. to wash (clothes)

Ancestry of “ngumbah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundanesekumbahto wash
2Javaneseꦏꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦃto wash
3Old Javanesekumbahto wash (clothes)
4Old Javaneseumbahto wash (clothes)
Every word from Old Javanese umbah →