Where does “uji validitas butir” come from?

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

uji validitas butir (Indonesian): item validity test: a process that assesses how well a test item measures what it is intended to measure

Definitions

  1. item validity test: a process that assesses how well a test item measures what it is intended to measure

Ancestry of “uji validitas butir”, step by step

uji validitas butir traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian uji

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

via Indonesian butir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbutirparticle, grain, seed
2Malaybutirparticle, grain, seed
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*butiʀ—

via Indonesian validitas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianvaliditasvalidity
2Late Latinvaliditas—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uzi →Every word from Proto-Malayic *uji →Every word from Malay uji →