Where does “alih tangan kasus” come from?

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

alih tangan kasus (Indonesian): case transfer, transfer of case: transfer of case handling to another, more competent party

Definitions

  1. case transfer, transfer of case: transfer of case handling to another, more competent party

Ancestry of “alih tangan kasus”, step by step

alih tangan kasus traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian alih

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianalihto move, to change place
2Malayalihto move; to move, to change place
3Proto-Malayicalihto move
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianaliqto move

via Indonesian kasus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankasuscase
2DutchcasusA legal case; A case, occurrence, instance,...
3Latincāsus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

via Indonesian tangan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantanganhand
2Malaytanganhand
3Proto-Malayictaŋanhand
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aliq →Every word from Proto-Malayic alih →Every word from Malay alih →