Where does “gaji buta” come from?
gaji buta (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian gaji, from Malay gaji, from Dutch gage, from French gage, from Middle French gage, from Old French gage, from Frankish waddī, from Latin wadium — to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...
gaji buta (Indonesian): salary without doing work
Definitions
- salary without doing work
Ancestry of “gaji buta”, step by step
gaji buta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian gaji
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | gaji | salary; wage, an amount of money paid to a worker... |
| 2 | Malay | gaji | salary; wage, an amount of money paid to a worker... |
| 3 | Dutch | gage | wage for work performed |
| 4 | French | gage | pledge, guarantee; deposit, security, guaranty;... |
| 5 | Middle French | gage | — |
| 6 | Old French | gage | wage; payment |
| 7 | Frankish | waddī | — |
| 8 | Latin | wadium | pledge; legal contract; marriage contract |
| 9 | Frankish | wadi | wager, stake, pledge |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | wadją | wager, stake, pledge |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wedʰ- | to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to... |