Waring Wera Wanua
Indonesian
Etymology
A compound from waring + wera + wanua, all of these are ultimately derived from Old Javanese, literally translates to "a vast net (which covers) a region".[1] A phono-semantic matching of English World Wide Web.
References
- Moeliono, Anton M., Puspita, Dewi, Afrila, Meryna (2011) Butir-Butir Perencanaan Bahasa : kumpulan makalah Dr. Hasan Alwi, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, →ISBN, page 256: “Alternatif pertama berasal dari bahasa Jawa Kuna: waring berarti jala, wera bermakna luas, dan wanua menggambarkan daerah atau wilayah yang dihuni.”
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