Where does “pekerja kerah biru” come from?

pekerja kerah biru (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kerah, from Malay kerah, from Persian کره, from Arabic كره, from Arabic كُرَة, from Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴, from Ancient Greek Ἴων, from Ancient Greek Ἰᾱ́ϝων — Ionian.

pekerja kerah biru (Indonesian): blue-collar worker

Definitions

  1. blue-collar worker

Ancestry of “pekerja kerah biru”, step by step

pekerja kerah biru traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian kerah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankerahcorvee
2Malaykerahcorvee
3Persianکرهbutter; colt, foal; globe, sphere
4Arabicكرهto be disgusted, to feel disgust; to detest, to...
5Arabicكُرَةball; a ball, a mass, a clump; a ball, a mass, a...
6Old Persian𐎹𐎢𐎴Ionia
7Ancient GreekἼωνone of the Ionians; a native or inhabitant of...
8Ancient GreekἸᾱ́ϝωνIonian

via Indonesian pekerja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpekerjaworker, laborer, labourer, employee
2Malaypekerjaworker; employee
3Malaykerjawork; to work; job
4Sanskritकार्यfunction, act, deed; work, business, enterprise;...
5Sanskritकृto make
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Indonesian biru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbirublue
2Malaybirublue
3Proto-Malayicbirublue
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)biʀawblue
Every word from Ancient Greek Ἰᾱ́ϝωνEvery word from Ancient Greek ἼωνEvery word from Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴