Where does “berat tulang” come from?

berat tulang (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tulang, from Malay tulang, from Proto-Malayic tulaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuqəlaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian CuqəlaN — bone.

berat tulang (Indonesian): bone mass: the amount of bone mineral content (primarily calcium and phosphorus) present in a certain volume of bone, and is a measure of bone density and strength

Definitions

  1. bone mass: the amount of bone mineral content (primarily calcium and phosphorus) present in a certain volume of bone, and is a measure of bone density and strength

Ancestry of “berat tulang”, step by step

berat tulang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian tulang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantulangbone
2Malaytulangbone
3Proto-Malayictulaŋbone
4Proto-Malayo-PolynesiantuqəlaŋAlternative form of *tuqəlan
5Proto-AustronesianCuqəlaNbone

via Indonesian berat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianberatheavy
2Malayberatweight
3Proto-Malayicbəratheavy
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀəqatweight; heaviness; difficult; pregnant
Every word from Proto-Austronesian CuqəlaN →