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Etymology of Javan

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
adj

Pertaining to, or from, the island of Java · Belonging to, or descended from, its Javanese main people and its culture

noun

An inhabitant of the Indonesian island Java · A member or descendant of Java's main, Javanese ethno-linguistic group, by far the largest in Indonesia

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa Old Javanese Jawa Javanese Jawabor. English Java Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Javan From Java + -an.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
name

The fourth son of Japheth

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Hebrew יוון / יָוָן (yaván), identified with Greece.

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