Where does “air laut” come from?

air laut (Malay) comes from Malay air, from Proto-Malayic air, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ — water.

air laut (Malay): seawater

Definitions

  1. seawater

Ancestry of “air laut”, step by step

air laut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay air

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayairwater; a cockfight round which started by...
2Proto-Malayicairwater
3Proto-Malayo-Chamicairwater
4Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanwairwater
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwahiʀwater

via Malay laut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylautsea
2Classical Malaylautsea
3Proto-Malayiclautseaward; towards the sea
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlahuddownstream
5Proto-Austronesianlahuddownstream
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan wair →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Chamic air →