Where does “alah” come from?

alah (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *alah, from Proto-Austronesian alaq — fetch; get; take.

alah (Malay): allergic

Definitions

  1. allergic

Ancestry of “alah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*alah—
2Proto-Austronesianalaqfetch; get; take
Every word from Proto-Austronesian alaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic *alah →