Where does “darah” come from?
darah (Indonesian) comes from Malay darah, from Proto-Malayic darah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀaq, from Azerbaijani -ək, from Proto-Turkic *-gek.
darah (Indonesian): blood
Ancestry of “darah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | darah | blood; to bleed |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | darah | blood |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | daʀaq | blood |
| 4 | Azerbaijani | -ək | — |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | *-gek | — |