Where does “caturbahasa” come from?

caturbahasa (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian catur, from Malay catur, from Sanskrit चतुर्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ćatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

caturbahasa (Indonesian): tetralingual, quadrilingual

Definitions

  1. tetralingual, quadrilingual

Ancestry of “caturbahasa”, step by step

caturbahasa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian catur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiancaturfour; chess; dialogue
2Malaycaturfour; chess; dialogue
3Sanskritचतुर्four
4Proto-Indo-Aryanćatwā́ras—
5Proto-Indo-Iraniančatwā́rasfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Indonesian Bahasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IndonesianBahasalanguage
2Malaybahasalanguage; decorum, appropriate social behavior
3Sanskritभाषाspeech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a...
4Sanskritभाष—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian čatwā́ras →