Where does “gas alam” come from?

gas alam (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian gas, from Malay gas, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ.

gas alam (Indonesian): natural gas

Definitions

  1. natural gas

Ancestry of “gas alam”, step by step

gas alam traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian gas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiangasgas, matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma
2Malaygasgas
3Dutchgasgas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street
4Middle Dutchgasseunpaved street
5Middle High Germangazze
6Old High Germangazzalane
7Proto-West Germanic*gatwā
8Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂

via Indonesian alam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianalamnature; realm; world
2Malayalamrealm, world; field
3Arabicعَالَمworld; universe; world, universe

via English natural gas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishnatural gasA mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂