Where does “didih” come from?

didih (Indonesian) comes from Malay didih, from Proto-Malayic *didih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diqdiq — to boil, of water.

didih (Indonesian): to boil of liquid, to begin to turn into a gas

Definitions

  1. to boil of liquid, to begin to turn into a gas

Ancestry of “didih”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydidihto boil of liquid, to begin to turn into a gas
2Proto-Malayic*didihto boil, of water
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*diqdiqto boil, of water

Words derived from “didih”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diqdiq →Every word from Proto-Malayic *didih →Every word from Malay didih →