Where does “sulat” come from?

sulat (Tausug) comes from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat.

sulat (Tausug): document, letter

Definitions

  1. document, letter

Ancestry of “sulat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
2Proto-Malayicsurat—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat →