Where does “uji bakat” come from?

uji bakat (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian uji, from Malay uji, from Proto-Malayic *uji, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uzi.

uji bakat (Indonesian): audition

Definitions

  1. audition

Ancestry of “uji bakat”, step by step

uji bakat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian uji

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianujitest, trial, check
2Malayujito test, to check
3Proto-Malayic*uji—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*uzi—

via Indonesian bakat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbakattrace, mark
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uzi →Every word from Proto-Malayic *uji →Every word from Malay uji →