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

Definitions

  1. to pinch

Ancestry of “cubit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic-bit—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-bit—
3Proto-Austronesian-bit—

Words derived from “cubit”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian -bit →Every word from Proto-Malayic -bit →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -bit →