Where does “segi lima” come from?

segi lima (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian lima, from Malay lima, from Proto-Malayic lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Austronesian lima — five; hand.

segi lima (Indonesian): pentagon

Definitions

  1. pentagon

Ancestry of “segi lima”, step by step

segi lima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian lima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlimafive
2Malaylimafive
3Proto-Malayiclima(ʔ)five
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
5Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand

via Indonesian segi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansegiside
2Malaysegi—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lima →