Where does “hari ulang tahun” come from?

hari ulang tahun (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian ulang tahun, from Indonesian ulang, from Malay ulang, from Classical Malay ulang, from Proto-Malayic ulaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ulaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian ulaŋ — repeat, do again.

hari ulang tahun (Indonesian): anniversary

Definitions

  1. anniversary

Ancestry of “hari ulang tahun”, step by step

hari ulang tahun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian ulang tahun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianulang tahunbirthday
2Indonesianulangto repeat
3Malayulangto repeat
4Classical Malayulang—
5Proto-Malayiculaŋ—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianulaŋrepeat, do again
7Proto-Austronesianulaŋrepeat, do again

via Indonesian hari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianhariday
2Malayhariday
3Proto-Malayicariday
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwaʀiday
5Proto-Austronesianwaʀiday; sun; to dry
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