Where does “datuk saudara” come from?

datuk saudara (Malay) comes from Malay saudara, from Sanskrit सोदर — brother from the same womb.

datuk saudara (Malay): great uncle

Definitions

  1. great uncle

Ancestry of “datuk saudara”, step by step

datuk saudara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay saudara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysaudaracivil; sibling; you m
2Sanskritसोदरbrother from the same womb

via Malay datuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydatukgrandfather
2Austronesian*datu—
Every word from Sanskrit सोदर →Every word from Malay saudara →
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