Where does “penyalah” come from?

penyalah (Iban) comes from Iban salah, from Proto-Malayic salah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian salaq — wrong, in error.

penyalah (Iban): fault

Definitions

  1. fault

Ancestry of “penyalah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibansalahfalse, wrong
2Proto-Malayicsalahwrong, false
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansalaqwrong, in error
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian salaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic salah →Every word from Iban salah →