Where does “air terjun” come from?

air terjun (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 terjun (Malay): waterfall flow of water over the edge of a cliff

Definitions

  1. waterfall flow of water over the edge of a cliff

Ancestry of “air terjun”, step by step

air terjun 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 terjun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayterjunto leap down; to jump from a higher place to a lower place
2Classical Malayترجون—
3Proto-Malayic*tVɣəɟun—

Words derived from “air terjun”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan wair →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Chamic air →
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