English
keris
Keris comes from Malay keris ‘kris: A traditional Indonesian, Malaysian, or…’, and goes back to Old Javanese kĕris.
- Old Javanesemodernkĕris
- Javanesemodernꦏꦼꦫꦶꦱ꧀
- Malaymodernkeris‘kris: A traditional Indonesian, Malaysian, or Filipino sword or dagger having a tapering’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Javanesemodernkĕris
- Javanesemodernꦏꦼꦫꦶꦱ꧀
- Malaymodernkeris‘kris: A traditional Indonesian, Malaysian, or Filipino sword or dagger having a tapering’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Malay keris ‘kris: A traditional Indonesian, Malaysian, or…’
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Javanese kĕris / keris