Where does “butuh dilah” come from?

butuh dilah (Iban) comes from Iban dilah, from Proto-Malayic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dilaq, from Proto-Austronesian dilaq, from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq.

butuh dilah (Iban): uvula

Definitions

  1. uvula

Ancestry of “butuh dilah”, step by step

butuh dilah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Iban dilah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibandilahtongue
2Proto-Malayic*dilah—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandilaqtongue
4Proto-Austronesiandilaq—
5Proto-Austroasiatic*dilaq—

via Iban butuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanbutuhpenis
2Proto-Malayicbutuhpenis
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbutuqtesticles
4Proto-AustronesianbuCuqtesticles
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq →Every word from Proto-Austronesian dilaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dilaq →