Where does “berikan” come from?

berikan (Malay) comes from Malay beri, from English Berry, from Middle English berye, from Old English berġe, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.

berikan (Malay): To contain fish

Definitions

  1. To contain fish

Ancestry of “berikan”, step by step

berikan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay beri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayberito give; berry
2EnglishBerryA place name
3Middle Englishberyeberry, fruit; grape
4Old Englishberġeberry
5Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
6Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

via Malay ikan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayikanfish
2Proto-Malayicikanfish
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhikanfish
4Proto-AustronesianSikanfish
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