Where does “dilah” come from?

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

dilah (Iban): tongue

Definitions

  1. tongue

Ancestry of “dilah”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dilah”

Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq →Every word from Proto-Austronesian dilaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dilaq →