Where does “deleiʔ” come from?
deleiʔ (Kiput) comes from Proto-North Sarawak dilaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dilaq, from Proto-Austronesian dilaq, from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq.
deleiʔ (Kiput): tongue
Ancestry of “deleiʔ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-North Sarawak | dilaq | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | dilaq | tongue |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | dilaq | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austroasiatic | *dilaq | — |