Where does “jarak jauh” come from?

jarak jauh (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian jauh, from Malay jauh, from Proto-Malayic jauh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)zauq.

jarak jauh (Indonesian): long-distance

Definitions

  1. long-distance

Ancestry of “jarak jauh”, step by step

jarak jauh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian jauh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianjauhfar
2Malayjauhfar
3Proto-Malayicjauh—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)zauq—

via Indonesian jarak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianjarakdistance
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)zauq →Every word from Proto-Malayic jauh →Every word from Malay jauh →