Where does “air bebas” come from?

air bebas (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian air, from Malay air, from Proto-Malayic air, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ — water.

air bebas (Indonesian): free water

Definitions

  1. free water

Ancestry of “air bebas”, step by step

air bebas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian air

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianairwater; a cockfight round which started by...
2Malayairwater; a cockfight round which started by...
3Proto-Malayicairwater
4Proto-Malayo-Chamicairwater
5Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanwairwater
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwahiʀwater

via Indonesian bebas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbebasfree
2Malaybebasfree
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan wair →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Chamic air →