Where does “alih bahasa” come from?

alih bahasa (Malay) comes from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा, from Sanskrit भाष.

alih bahasa (Malay): translation

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Ancestry of “alih bahasa”, step by step

alih bahasa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay bahasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybahasalanguage; decorum, appropriate social behavior
2Sanskritभाषाspeech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a...
3Sanskritभाष—

via Malay alih

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalihto move; to move, to change place
2Proto-Malayicalihto move
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianaliqto move
Every word from Sanskrit भाष →Every word from Sanskrit भाषा →Every word from Malay bahasa →
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