Where does “cacing” come from?

cacing (Indonesian) comes from Malay cacing, from Proto-Malayic *caciŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *caciŋ.

cacing (Indonesian): worm

Definitions

  1. worm

Ancestry of “cacing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaycacingworm
2Proto-Malayic*caciŋ—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*caciŋ—

Words derived from “cacing”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *caciŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *caciŋ →Every word from Malay cacing →