Where does “berat badan” come from?

berat badan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian berat, from Malay berat, from Proto-Malayic bərat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀəqat — weight; heaviness; difficult; pregnant.

berat badan (Indonesian): body weight: the measurement of an individual mass without items located on the person, typically measured in kilograms or pounds that includes both lean body mass and body fat

Definitions

  1. body weight: the measurement of an individual mass without items located on the person, typically measured in kilograms or pounds that includes both lean body mass and body fat

Ancestry of “berat badan”, step by step

berat badan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian berat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianberatheavy
2Malayberatweight
3Proto-Malayicbəratheavy
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀəqatweight; heaviness; difficult; pregnant

via Indonesian badan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbadanbody
2Malaybadanbody
3Arabicبَدَنbody, torso; body, trunk; torso
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀəqat →Every word from Proto-Malayic bərat →Every word from Malay berat →
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