Where does “alih” come from?

alih (Indonesian) comes from Malay alih, from Proto-Malayic alih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aliq — to move.

alih (Indonesian): to move, to change place

Definitions

  1. to move, to change place

Ancestry of “alih”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalihto move; to move, to change place
2Proto-Malayicalihto move
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianaliqto move

Words derived from “alih

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aliqEvery word from Proto-Malayic alihEvery word from Malay alih
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