Where does “dilah” come from?

dilah (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dilaq, from Proto-Austronesian dilaq, from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq.

dilah (Malay): lamp; lantern

Definitions

  1. lamp; lantern

Ancestry of “dilah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*dilah—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandilaqtongue
3Proto-Austronesiandilaq—
4Proto-Austroasiatic*dilaq—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq →Every word from Proto-Austronesian dilaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dilaq →