Etymology

Javanese

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Today it means: A person belonging to the Javanese people (one of the indigenous groups native to Java island). Full definition →

English Java ← Javanese Jawa ← Old Javanese Jawa
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  4. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  5. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  6. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  7. Old Javanesejawa
  8. Old JavaneseJawa
  9. JavaneseJawa
  10. EnglishJava
  11. English todayJavanese

From Java + -n- + -ese.

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