Where does “cacing tanah” come from?

cacing tanah (Indonesian) comes from Malay cacing tanah, from Malay tanah, from Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq — earth, soil, land.

cacing tanah (Indonesian): earthworm

Definitions

  1. earthworm

Ancestry of “cacing tanah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaycacing tanahearthworm
2Malaytanahground; land; earth
3Proto-Malayic*tanahearth; soil
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tanəqearth, soil, land
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq →Every word from Proto-Malayic *tanah →Every word from Malay tanah →