Where does “pemadam api” come from?

pemadam api (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian api, from Malay Api, from Proto-Malayic api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

pemadam api (Indonesian): fire extinguisher

Definitions

  1. fire extinguisher

Ancestry of “pemadam api”, step by step

pemadam api traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian api

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianapifire
2MalayApifire oxidation reaction
3Proto-Malayicapifire
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
5Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire

via Malay pemadam api

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypemadam apifire extinguisher

Words derived from “pemadam api”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy →