Where does “cerai hidup” come from?

cerai hidup (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian hidup, from Malay hidup, from Proto-Malayic hidup, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qudip, from Proto-Austronesian qudip, from Proto-Austroasiatic *qudip.

cerai hidup (Indonesian): divorced

Definitions

  1. divorced

Ancestry of “cerai hidup”, step by step

cerai hidup traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian hidup

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianhidupto live; life
2Malayhiduplife; to live
3Proto-Malayichiduplife
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqudiplife
5Proto-Austronesianqudiplife, alive
6Proto-Austroasiatic*qudip—

via Indonesian cerai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianceraito separate
2Malayceraito divorce
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *qudip →Every word from Proto-Austronesian qudip →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qudip →