Where does “orang tasik” come from?

orang tasik (Iban) comes from Iban tasik, from Proto-Malayic tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tasik — sea; saltwater.

orang tasik (Iban): foreigner

Definitions

  1. foreigner

Ancestry of “orang tasik”, step by step

orang tasik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Iban tasik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibantasiksea
2Proto-Malayictasiksea; lake
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantasiksea; saltwater

via Iban orang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanorangperson, people
2Proto-Malayicuraŋoutsider
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*uʀaŋoutsider
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tasik →Every word from Proto-Malayic tasik →Every word from Iban tasik →