Where does “kandung kemih” come from?

kandung kemih (Indonesian) comes from Malay kemih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *miqmiq.

kandung kemih (Indonesian): urinary bladder

Definitions

  1. urinary bladder

Ancestry of “kandung kemih”, step by step

kandung kemih traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay kemih

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykemihurination, urinate
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*miqmiq—

via Indonesian kandung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankandungto contain
2MalaykandungWomb, uterus
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *miqmiq →Every word from Malay kemih →