Where does “dahi” come from?
dahi (Indonesian) comes from Malay dahi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dahi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqih, from Proto-Austronesian daqiS — forehead.
dahi (Indonesian): forehead
Ancestry of “dahi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | dahi | forehead |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | *dahi | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | daqih | forehead |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | daqiS | forehead |