Where does “bilik pemungutan suara” come from?

bilik pemungutan suara (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian suara, from Malay suara, from Sanskrit स्वर, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

bilik pemungutan suara (Indonesian): polling booth, voting booth: a small enclosed compartment where a voter may register a vote in private; it may house some voting machine, or just have a pencil for marking a voting slip

Definitions

polling booth, voting booth: a small enclosed compartment where a voter may register a vote in private; it may house some voting machine, or just have a pencil for marking a voting slip

Ancestry of “bilik pemungutan suara”, step by step

bilik pemungutan suara traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian suara

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Indonesian	suara	voice, utterance; opinion, vote
2	Malay	suara	voice, utterance; opinion, vote
3	Sanskrit	स्वर	sound, noise; voice; a note
4	Proto-Indo-European	swēr-	heavy

via Indonesian bilik

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Indonesian	bilik	woven bamboo
2	Malay	bilik	A room division in a building
3	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian	*bilik	room

via Indonesian pemungutan

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Indonesian	pemungutan	collection
2	Indonesian	pungut	to pick up
3	Malay	pungut	to pick up or collect

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēr- →Every word from Sanskrit स्वर →Every word from Malay suara →