Where does “lidah” come from?

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

lidah (Indonesian): tongue

Definitions

  1. tongue

Ancestry of “lidah”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lidah”

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