Where does “dah” come from?
dah (Indonesian) comes from Dutch dag, from Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.
dah (Indonesian): good, okay
Definitions
- good, okay
Ancestry of “dah”, step by step
dah traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch dag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dag | day; daytime; ! |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | dach | day |
| 3 | Old Dutch | dag | day |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | dag | day |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dagaz | day; name of the D-rune |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |
via Indonesian sudah
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | sudah | perfective aspect, indicating that the process... |
| 2 | Malay | sudah | done, finished, completed; enough, sufficient;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | शुद्ध | pure, simple, clear, clean; true, blameless,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | शुध् | Class 1; to purify; Class 4 |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewdʰ- | to cover, encase; to hide, conceal; to cover,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kew- | to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,... |
via Malay dah
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | dah | done; good, okay |