Where does “berlidah” come from?

berlidah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian lidah, from Malay lidah, from Proto-Malayic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dilaq, from Proto-Austronesian dilaq, from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq.

berlidah (Indonesian): to possess tongue

Definitions

  1. to possess tongue

Ancestry of “berlidah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlidahtongue
2Malaylidahtongue organ
3Proto-Malayic*dilah—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandilaqtongue
5Proto-Austronesiandilaq—
6Proto-Austroasiatic*dilaq—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq →Every word from Proto-Austronesian dilaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dilaq →
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