Where does “air minum” come from?

air minum (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 minum (Indonesian): drinking water, potable water

Definitions

  1. drinking water, potable water

Ancestry of “air minum”, step by step

air minum 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 minum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianminumto drink
2Malayminumto drink
3Proto-Malayicinum—
4Proto-Austronesian*inum—

Words derived from “air minum”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan wair →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Chamic air →
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