Where does “jalur kereta api khusus” come from?

jalur kereta api khusus (Indonesian) comes from Malay kereta api, from Malay Api, from Proto-Malayic api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

jalur kereta api khusus (Indonesian): private industrial railway

Definitions

  1. private industrial railway

Ancestry of “jalur kereta api khusus”, step by step

jalur kereta api khusus traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay kereta api

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykereta apitrain; train, a line of connected railway cars or...
2MalayApifire oxidation reaction
3Proto-Malayicapifire
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
5Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire

via Indonesian jalur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianjalurpath; strip; lane
2Malayjalurpath; strip; lane
3Classical Malayجالور

via Indonesian khusus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankhususspecial, unique, particular
2Malaykhususspecial, unique, uncommon
3Arabicخُصُوص
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy
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