Where does “wajeʼ” come from?

wajeʼ (Makasar) comes from Malay wajik, from Classical Malay واجيق.

wajeʼ (Makasar): wajik; a traditional confection made of glutinous rice steamed with palm sugar and cut into diamond or triangular shapes

Definitions

  1. wajik; a traditional confection made of glutinous rice steamed with palm sugar and cut into diamond or triangular shapes

Ancestry of “wajeʼ”, step by step

wajeʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay wajik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaywajik—
2Classical Malayواجيق—

via Javanese ꦮꦗꦶꦏ꧀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦮꦗꦶꦏ꧀—

Words derived from “wajeʼ”

Every word from Classical Malay واجيق →Every word from Malay wajik →