Where does “cerai mati” come from?

cerai mati (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian mati, from Malay mati, from Proto-Malayic mati, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (m-)atay, from Proto-Austronesian aCay.

cerai mati (Indonesian): widowed

Definitions

  1. widowed

Ancestry of “cerai mati”, step by step

cerai mati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian mati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmatidead; turned off; Unable to emit power; flat;...
2Malaymatidead no longer alive, death, deceased
3Proto-Malayicmatito die
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(m-)atayto die
5Proto-AustronesianaCay—

via Indonesian cerai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianceraito separate
2Malayceraito divorce
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aCay →