Where does “pedagang kaki lima” come from?

pedagang kaki lima (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kaki lima, from Malay kaki lima.

pedagang kaki lima (Indonesian): hawker, street vendor

Definitions

  1. hawker, street vendor

Ancestry of “pedagang kaki lima”, step by step

pedagang kaki lima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian kaki lima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankaki limaarcade: a covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
2Malaykaki lima—

via Indonesian pedagang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpedagangtrader, merchant
Every word from Malay kaki lima →Every word from Indonesian kaki lima →