Where does “upah” come from?

upah (Indonesian) comes from Malay upah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *upaq.

upah (Indonesian): wage: an amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour

Definitions

  1. wage: an amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour

Ancestry of “upah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayupahwage; compensation; a specified amount of money that is given to someone for doing a certain task
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*upaq—

Words derived from “upah”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *upaq →Every word from Malay upah →