Where does “bahasa tubuh” come from?

bahasa tubuh (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tubuh, from Malay tubuh, from Proto-Malayic *tubuq, from Proto-Austronesian Cubuq, from Proto-Turkic *čï̄p.

bahasa tubuh (Indonesian): body language, nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like; often thought to be involuntary

Definitions

  1. body language, nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like; often thought to be involuntary

Ancestry of “bahasa tubuh”, step by step

bahasa tubuh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian tubuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantubuhbody
2Malaytubuhbody physical structure of a human or animal
3Proto-Malayic*tubuq—
4Proto-AustronesianCubuqplant sprout
5Proto-Turkic*čï̄p—

via Indonesian Bahasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IndonesianBahasalanguage
2Malaybahasalanguage; decorum, appropriate social behavior
3Sanskritभाषाspeech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a...
4Sanskritभाष—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *čï̄p →