Where does “memerah” come from?

memerah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian merah, from Malay merah, from Malay mirah, from Proto-Malayic (mA-)irah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq — red.

memerah (Indonesian): to squeeze

Definitions

  1. to squeeze

Ancestry of “memerah”, step by step

memerah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian merah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmerahred
2Malaymerahred
3MalaymirahObsolete form of merah
4Proto-Malayic(mA-)irah—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)iʀaqred

via Semitic perah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Semiticperah—
2Proto-Austronesian*pəʀəqto wring out
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic (mA-)irah →Every word from Malay mirah →