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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | kerah | corvee |
| 2 | Malay | kerah | corvee |
| 3 | Persian | کره | butter; colt, foal; globe, sphere |
| 4 | Arabic | كره | to be disgusted, to feel disgust; to detest, to... |
| 5 | Arabic | كُرَة | ball; a ball, a mass, a clump; a ball, a mass, a... |
| 6 | Old Persian | 𐎹𐎢𐎴 | Ionia |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἴων | one of the Ionians; a native or inhabitant of... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἰᾱ́ϝων | Ionian |
via Indonesian pekerja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | pekerja | worker, laborer, labourer, employee |
| 2 | Malay | pekerja | worker; employee |
| 3 | Malay | kerja | work; to work; job |
| 4 | Sanskrit | कार्य | function, act, deed; work, business, enterprise;... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | कृ | to make |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷer- | to do; to make; to build |
via Indonesian biru
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | biru | blue |
| 2 | Malay | biru | blue |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | biru | blue |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)biʀaw | blue |