Where does “jari hati” come from?

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

jari hati (Indonesian): finger heart

Definitions

  1. finger heart

Ancestry of “jari hati”, step by step

jari hati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian hati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianhatiliver; heart
2Malayhatiliver; heart
3Proto-Malayichatiliver
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqatayliver
5Proto-AustronesianqaCayliver

via Indonesian jari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianjaridigit, finger
2Malayjaridigit of a limb
3Proto-Malayic*jarifinger
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaCay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatay →Every word from Proto-Malayic hati →