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
Ancestry of “alih”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Malay | alih | to move; to move, to change place |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | alih | to move |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | aliq | to move |