Where does “cubit” come from?

cubit (Indonesian) comes from Malay cubit, from Proto-Malayic -bit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -bit, from Proto-Austronesian -bit.

cubit (Indonesian): to pinch

Definitions

  1. to pinch

Ancestry of “cubit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaycubitto pinch
2Proto-Malayic-bit—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-bit—
4Proto-Austronesian-bit—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -bit →Every word from Proto-Malayic -bit →Every word from Malay cubit →