Where does “air mati” come from?

air mati (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 mati (Indonesian): streamlet

Definitions

  1. streamlet

Ancestry of “air mati”, step by step

air mati 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 mati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmatidead; turned off; Unable to emit power; flat;...
2Malaymatidead no longer alive, death, deceased
3Proto-Malayicmatito die
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(m-)atayto die
5Proto-AustronesianaCay—
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