Where does “surat” come from?

surat (Tetum) comes from Indonesian surat, from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat.

surat (Tetum): letter

Definitions

  1. letter

Ancestry of “surat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansuratdocument; letter; inscription
2Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
3Proto-Malayicsurat—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat →Every word from Proto-Malayic surat →Every word from Malay surat →