Where does “jilat” come from?

jilat (Indonesian) comes from Malay jilat, from Proto-Malayic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dilaq, from Proto-Austronesian dilaq, from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq.

jilat (Indonesian): to lick

Definitions

  1. to lick

Ancestry of “jilat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayjilatlick
2Proto-Malayic*dilah—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandilaqtongue
4Proto-Austronesiandilaq—
5Proto-Austroasiatic*dilaq—

Words derived from “jilat”

Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq →Every word from Proto-Austronesian dilaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dilaq →