Where does “cacing hati” come from?

cacing hati (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian hati, from Malay hati, from Proto-Malayic hati, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatay, from Proto-Austronesian qaCay — liver.

cacing hati (Indonesian): liver fluke

Definitions

  1. liver fluke

Ancestry of “cacing hati”, step by step

cacing hati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian hati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianhatiliver; heart
2Malayhatiliver; heart
3Proto-Malayichatiliver
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqatayliver
5Proto-AustronesianqaCayliver

via Indonesian cacing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiancacingworm
2Malaycacingworm
3Proto-Malayic*caciŋ—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*caciŋ—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaCay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatay →Every word from Proto-Malayic hati →
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