Where does “air ketuban” come from?
air ketuban (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian ketuban, from Malay ketuban, from Malay ke-, from Proto-Malayic *(i)ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ika-, from Proto-Austronesian Sika-, from Finnish Sika, from Proto-Finnic cika — she-goat.
air ketuban (Indonesian): amniotic fluid
Definitions
- amniotic fluid
Ancestry of “air ketuban”, step by step
air ketuban traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian ketuban
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | ketuban | amniotic fluid |
| 2 | Malay | ketuban | amniotic fluid |
| 3 | Malay | ke- | -th; group; having characteristics of |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | *(i)ka- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *ika- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | Sika- | — |
| 7 | Finnish | Sika | Pig the twelfth animal in the 12-year cycle in Chinese zodiac |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | cika | pig |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | tigā | she-goat |