Where does “tasik” come from?

tasik (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tasik — sea; saltwater.

tasik (Javanese): sea, ocean

Definitions

  1. sea, ocean

Ancestry of “tasik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesetasik—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantasiksea; saltwater
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tasik →Every word from Old Javanese tasik →