Where does “andartu” come from?

andartu (Malay) comes from Malay tua, from Classical Malay tua, from Malay tuha, from Proto-Malayic tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian (ma-)tuqaS — old.

andartu (Malay): spinster, old maid

Definitions

  1. spinster, old maid

Ancestry of “andartu”, step by step

andartu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay tua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytuaold; ripe
2Classical Malaytuaold; ripe
3MalaytuhaObsolete form of tua
4Proto-Malayictuha
5Proto-Malayo-Chamictuha
6Proto-Malayo-Sumbawantuha
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)tuqahold
8Proto-Austronesian(ma-)tuqaSold

via Malay anak dara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayanak dara
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (ma-)tuqaSEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)tuqahEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan tuha