Where does “ajak” come from?

ajak (English) comes from Indonesian ajak, from Malay ajak, from Proto-Malayic ajak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian azak — to invite.

ajak (English): The dhole

Definitions

  1. The dhole

Ancestry of “ajak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianajakto invite; dhole; invitation
2Malayajakinvitation; the dhole; to invite
3Proto-Malayicajakto invite
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianazakto invite
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian azak →Every word from Proto-Malayic ajak →Every word from Malay ajak →