Where does “Hari Tiga” come from?

Hari Tiga (Malay) comes from Malay tigă, from Old Malay *tiga, from Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀕, from Sanskrit त्रिक — triple.

Hari Tiga (Malay): Wednesday

Definitions

  1. Wednesday

Ancestry of “Hari Tiga”, step by step

Hari Tiga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay tigă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaytigăObsolete spelling of tiga
2Old Malay*tiga
3Prakrit𑀢𑀺𑀕
4Sanskritत्रिकtriple

via Malay hari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhariday
2Proto-Malayicariday
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwaʀiday
4Proto-Austronesianwaʀiday; sun; to dry

Words derived from “Hari Tiga

Every word from Sanskrit त्रिकEvery word from Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀕Every word from Old Malay *tiga