Where does “bajing loncat” come from?

bajing loncat (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian bajing, from Malay bajing, from Javanese ꦧꦗꦶꦁ, from Old Javanese bajiṅ.

bajing loncat (Indonesian): a thief who steals items from cargo bed of a running vehicle (usually a pickup truck or a train rarely) on transport, begin with tailgate the vehicle using motorcycle, then the actor will jump to the vehicle to do action while accomplice still driving motorcycle

Definitions

  1. a thief who steals items from cargo bed of a running vehicle (usually a pickup truck or a train rarely) on transport, begin with tailgate the vehicle using motorcycle, then the actor will jump to the vehicle to do action while accomplice still driving motorcycle

Ancestry of “bajing loncat”, step by step

bajing loncat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian bajing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbajingsquirrel
2Malaybajingsquirrel
3Javaneseꦧꦗꦶꦁsquirrel
4Old Javanesebajiṅ—

via Indonesian loncat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianloncatto jump
2Malayloncat—
3Old Javaneseluñcat—
Every word from Old Javanese bajiṅ →Every word from Javanese ꦧꦗꦶꦁ →Every word from Malay bajing →