Where does “surat izin penggeledahan” come from?

surat izin penggeledahan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian surat izin, from Indonesian surat, from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat.

surat izin penggeledahan (Indonesian): search warrant: permit issued by Head of District Court in the form of a warrant, authorizing the search of a home and/or other privacy-protected place(s), notably to seek unlawful possessions, evidence etc. as part of a judicial inquiry

Definitions

  1. search warrant: permit issued by Head of District Court in the form of a warrant, authorizing the search of a home and/or other privacy-protected place(s), notably to seek unlawful possessions, evidence etc. as part of a judicial inquiry

Ancestry of “surat izin penggeledahan”, step by step

surat izin penggeledahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian surat izin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansurat izinpermit: an document rendering something allowed or legal
2Indonesiansuratdocument; letter; inscription
3Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
4Proto-Malayicsurat
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat

via Indonesian penggeledahan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpenggeledahansearch: a process conducted by authorized agents of the law going through part or all of individual's property, looking for specific items that are related to a crime that they have reason to believe has been committed
2Indonesiangeledahto search
3Javaneseꦒ꧀ꦭꦺꦝꦃto search
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat