Where does “jalan raya” come from?
jalan raya (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian raya, from Malay lebuh raya, from Malay lebuh, from German OSI, from English aussie, from English Australian, from English Australia, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita.
jalan raya (Indonesian): carriageway, roadway
Definitions
- carriageway, roadway
Ancestry of “jalan raya”, step by step
jalan raya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian raya
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | raya | big; grand; great |
| 2 | Malay | lebuh raya | motorway; freeway; expressway; controlled-access... |
| 3 | Malay | lebuh | avenue |
| 4 | German | OSI | Austrian |
| 5 | English | aussie | A diminutive of the male given names Austin, Osborn, or Oswald |
| 6 | English | Australian | A person from the country of Australia or of... |
| 7 | English | Australia | — |
| 8 | Latin | terra austrālis incōgnita | — |
| 9 | Latin | auster | The south wind; south |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *austeros | — |
via Indonesian jalan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | jalan | path; road; A road or other similar beaten path;... |
| 2 | Indonesian | air | water; a cockfight round which started by... |
| 3 | Malay | air | water; a cockfight round which started by... |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | air | water |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | air | water |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | wair | water |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | wahiʀ | water |