Where does “titi” come from?

titi (Balinese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taytay, from Proto-Austronesian taytay — bridge.

titi (Balinese): bridge, a wooden plank

Definitions

  1. bridge, a wooden plank

Ancestry of “titi”, step by step

titi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taytay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaytaybridge
2Proto-Austronesiantaytaybridge

via Old Javanese tithi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesetithitithi: the lunar date based on the Hindu calendar. There are 30 tithis in each lunar month. Tithis begin at varying times of a solar day and vary in duration from approximately 19 to 26 hours
2Sanskritतिथिa lunar day
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