Where does “bawah tanah” come from?
bawah tanah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tanah, from Malay tanah, from Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq — earth, soil, land.
bawah tanah (Indonesian): underground
Definitions
- underground
Ancestry of “bawah tanah”, step by step
bawah tanah traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian tanah
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | tanah | earth; ground; land |
| 2 | Malay | tanah | ground; land; earth |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *tanah | earth; soil |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *tanəq | earth, soil, land |
via Indonesian bawah
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | bawah | under; below |
| 2 | Malay | bawah | under, below; under; below |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *bawah | — |
via English underground
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | underground | Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth;... |
| 2 | Middle English | undergrounde | — |