Where does “bilik persalinan” come from?

bilik persalinan (Malay) comes from Malay bilik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bilik — room.

bilik persalinan (Malay): dressing room

Definitions

  1. dressing room

Ancestry of “bilik persalinan”, step by step

bilik persalinan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay bilik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaybilikA room division in a building
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bilikroom

via Malay persalinan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypersalinan—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bilik →Every word from Malay bilik →