Where does “jahit” come from?

jahit (Indonesian) comes from Malay jahit, from Proto-Malayic *jahit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaqit — to sew.

jahit (Indonesian): to sew; to stitch

Definitions

  1. to sew; to stitch

Ancestry of “jahit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayjahitto sew, to stitch
2Proto-Malayic*jahitto sew
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zaqitto sew

Words derived from “jahit”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaqit →Every word from Proto-Malayic *jahit →Every word from Malay jahit →