Where does “lipat” come from?

lipat (Indonesian) comes from Malay lipat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lipət, from Proto-Austronesian *lipət — to fold, to fold over.

lipat (Indonesian): to fold

Definitions

  1. to fold

Ancestry of “lipat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylipatto fold
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lipətto fold, to fold over
3Proto-Austronesian*lipətto fold, to fold over
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *lipət
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