Where does “memilih” come from?

memilih (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian pilih, from Malay pilih, from Proto-Malayic pilih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian piliq, from Proto-Austronesian piliq — to choose, select; to pick out.

memilih (Indonesian): to choose

Definitions

  1. to choose

Ancestry of “memilih”, step by step

memilih traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian pilih

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpilihto choose
2Malaypilihto choose
3Proto-Malayicpilihto choose
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpiliqto choose, select; to pick out
5Proto-Austronesianpiliqto choose, select; to pick out

via Malay memilih

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymemilihto choose
2Classical Malaymemilih—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian piliq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian piliq →Every word from Proto-Malayic pilih →