Where does “cacing tanah” come from?

cacing tanah (Malay) comes from Malay tanah, from Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq — earth, soil, land.

cacing tanah (Malay): earthworm

Definitions

  1. earthworm

Ancestry of “cacing tanah”, step by step

cacing tanah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay tanah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytanahground; land; earth
2Proto-Malayic*tanahearth; soil
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tanəqearth, soil, land

via Malay cacing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaycacingworm
2Proto-Malayic*caciŋ—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*caciŋ—

Words derived from “cacing tanah”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq →Every word from Proto-Malayic *tanah →Every word from Malay tanah →
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