Where does “dwibahasa” come from?

dwibahasa (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian dwi, from Malay dwi, from Sanskrit द्व, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

dwibahasa (Indonesian): bilingual

Definitions

  1. bilingual

Ancestry of “dwibahasa”, step by step

dwibahasa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian dwi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiandwitwo
2Malaydwitwo
3Sanskritद्वtwo, both
4Proto-Indo-IraniandwáHtwo
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

via Indonesian Bahasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IndonesianBahasalanguage
2Malaybahasalanguage; decorum, appropriate social behavior
3Sanskritभाषाspeech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a...
4Sanskritभाष—

Words derived from “dwibahasa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dwáH →Every word from Sanskrit द्व →