Where does “segi tujuh” come from?

segi tujuh (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tujuh, from Malay tujuh, from Proto-Malayic tujuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuzuq, from Proto-Austronesian tuzuq — to point at.

segi tujuh (Indonesian): heptagon

Definitions

  1. heptagon

Ancestry of “segi tujuh”, step by step

segi tujuh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian tujuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantujuhseven
2Malaytujuhseven
3Proto-Malayictujuhseven
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantuzuqto indicate, point
5Proto-Austronesiantuzuqto point at

via Indonesian segi

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