Where does “balik nama” come from?

balik nama (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian nama, from Malay nama, from Classical Malay nama, from Sanskrit नामन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

balik nama (Indonesian): transfer, transferal: an instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another

Definitions

  1. transfer, transferal: an instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another

Ancestry of “balik nama”, step by step

balik nama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian nama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiannamaname; noun
2Malaynamaname; noun
3Classical Malaynamaname; noun
4Sanskritनामन्name, personal name, appellation; a...
5Proto-Indo-AryanHnā́ma—
6Proto-Indo-IranianHnā́maname
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via Indonesian balik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbalikbehind, rear, back-end
2Malaybalikback part, behind; to return, to turn
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*balikto return; to repeat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →