Where does “tulang sanggurdi” come from?

tulang sanggurdi (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tulang, from Malay tulang, from Proto-Malayic tulaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuqəlaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian CuqəlaN — bone.

tulang sanggurdi (Indonesian): stapes (a small stirrup-shaped innermost ossicle of the middle ear of mammals)

Definitions

  1. stapes (a small stirrup-shaped innermost ossicle of the middle ear of mammals)

Ancestry of “tulang sanggurdi”, step by step

tulang sanggurdi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian tulang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantulangbone
2Malaytulangbone
3Proto-Malayictulaŋbone
4Proto-Malayo-PolynesiantuqəlaŋAlternative form of *tuqəlan
5Proto-AustronesianCuqəlaNbone

via Indonesian sanggurdi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansanggurdi
Every word from Proto-Austronesian CuqəlaN