Where does “hati” come from?

hati (Indonesian) comes from Malay hati, from Proto-Malayic hati, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatay, from Proto-Austronesian qaCay — liver.

hati (Indonesian): liver; heart

Definitions

  1. liver; heart

Ancestry of “hati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhatiliver; heart
2Proto-Malayichatiliver
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqatayliver
4Proto-AustronesianqaCayliver

Words derived from “hati”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaCay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatay →Every word from Proto-Malayic hati →