Where does “ลาเยอ” come from?

ลาเยอ (Urak Lawoi') comes from Proto-Malayic layar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ — sail.

ลาเยอ (Urak Lawoi'): sail a piece of fabric attached to a boat

Definitions

  1. sail a piece of fabric attached to a boat

Ancestry of “ลาเยอ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayiclayarsail
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlayaʀsail
3Proto-Austronesianlayaʀsail
Every word from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic layar →