Where does “รูมะฮ” come from?

รูมะฮ (Urak Lawoi') comes from Proto-Malayic rumah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian ʀumaq — house.

รูมะฮ (Urak Lawoi'): house

Definitions

  1. house

Ancestry of “รูมะฮ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicrumahhouse
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀumaqhouse
3Proto-Austronesianʀumaqhouse
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ʀumaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀumaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic rumah →