Where does “pahit” come from?

pahit (Indonesian) comes from Malay pahit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqit, from Proto-Austronesian paqiC.

pahit (Indonesian): bitter

Definitions

  1. bitter

Ancestry of “pahit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypahitbitter
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpaqitbitterness
3Proto-AustronesianpaqiC—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian paqiC →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqit →Every word from Malay pahit →