Where does “bilik tidur” come from?

bilik tidur (Malay) comes from Malay tidur, from Proto-Malayic *tidur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuduʀ, from Proto-Austronesian tuduʀ — to sleep.

bilik tidur (Malay): bedroom

Definitions

  1. bedroom

Ancestry of “bilik tidur”, step by step

bilik tidur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay tidur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytidurto sleep to rest in state of reduced consciousness
2Proto-Malayic*tidurto sleep
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantuduʀto sleep
4Proto-Austronesiantuduʀto sleep

via Malay bilik

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