Where does “lintah” come from?

lintah (Indonesian) comes from Malay lintah, from Proto-Malayic lintah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qali-mətaq, from Proto-Austronesian qaNi-məCaq.

lintah (Indonesian): leech annelid

Definitions

  1. leech annelid

Ancestry of “lintah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylintahleech
2Proto-Malayiclintah—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqali-mətaq—
4Proto-AustronesianqaNi-məCaq—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaNi-məCaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qali-mətaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic lintah →