Where does “cubit” come from?
cubit (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic -bit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -bit, from Proto-Austronesian -bit.
cubit (Malay): to pinch
Ancestry of “cubit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayic | -bit | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -bit | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | -bit | — |