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Where does “gigit” come from?

gigit (Indonesian) comes from Malay gigit, from Proto-Malayic gigit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian gitgit.

gigit (Indonesian): to bite

Definitions

  1. to bite

Ancestry of “gigit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaygigitto bite
2Proto-Malayicgigit—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiangitgit—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian gitgit →