Where does “titik didih” come from?

titik didih (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian didih, from Malay didih, from Proto-Malayic *didih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diqdiq — to boil, of water.

titik didih (Indonesian): boiling point

Definitions

  1. boiling point

Ancestry of “titik didih”, step by step

titik didih traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian didih

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiandidihto boil of liquid, to begin to turn into a gas
2Malaydidihto boil of liquid, to begin to turn into a gas
3Proto-Malayic*didihto boil, of water
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*diqdiqto boil, of water

via Indonesian titik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantitikdot, spot
2Malaytitikdot, spot; period, full stop
3Classical Malaytitik—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diqdiq →