Where does “selaput air” come from?

selaput air (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian air, from Malay air, from Proto-Malayic air, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ — water.

selaput air (Indonesian): hydrosphere

Definitions

  1. hydrosphere

Ancestry of “selaput air”, step by step

selaput air traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian air

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianairwater; a cockfight round which started by...
2Malayairwater; a cockfight round which started by...
3Proto-Malayicairwater
4Proto-Malayo-Chamicairwater
5Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanwairwater
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwahiʀwater

via Indonesian selaput

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianselaputmembrane
2Malayselaput
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ