Where does “didih” come from?

didih (Brunei Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *didih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diqdiq — to boil, of water.

didih (Brunei Malay): to boil of liquid, to begin to turn into a gas

Definitions

  1. to boil of liquid, to begin to turn into a gas

Ancestry of “didih”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*didihto boil, of water
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*diqdiqto boil, of water
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diqdiqEvery word from Proto-Malayic *didih
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