Where does “telur seribu tahun” come from?

telur seribu tahun (Indonesian) comes from Malay seribu, from Malay se-, from Old Malay sa-, from Proto-Malayic sA-, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa.

Ancestry of “telur seribu tahun”, step by step

telur seribu tahun traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay seribu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayseribuone thousand
2Malayse-one; used to form the comparative of adjectives;...
3Old Malaysa-
4Proto-MalayicsA-one
5Proto-Malayicəsa
6Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa
7Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
9Proto-Austronesian*əsa
10Proto-Oceanic*isa

via Indonesian telur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianteluregg
2Malayteluregg; roe; spawn; testicles; egg
3Proto-Malayic*təlur
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqitəluʀegg
5Proto-AustronesianqiCəluʀegg

via Indonesian tahun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantahunyear
2Malaytahunyear
3Proto-Malayictahunyear
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaqunyear
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa