Where does “nirsuara” come from?

nirsuara (Indonesian) comes from English voiceless, from English voice, from Middle English voys, from Anglo-Norman voiz, from Latin vocem, from Latin vox, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs — to speak, to sound out.

nirsuara (Indonesian): voiceless: Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords

Definitions

  1. voiceless: Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords

Ancestry of “nirsuara”, step by step

nirsuara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English voiceless

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvoicelessLacking a voice, without vocal sound; Without a...
2EnglishvoiceSound uttered by the mouth, especially by human...
3Middle EnglishvoysA voice; the sound a human or other speaking...
4Anglo-Normanvoizvoice
5Latinvocemaccusative singular of vōx; first-person singular...
6Latinvoxvoice
7Proto-Italicwōksvoice
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via Indonesian suara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansuaravoice, utterance; opinion, vote
2Malaysuaravoice, utterance; opinion, vote
3Sanskritस्वरsound, noise; voice; a note
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-