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Where does “gigit” come from?

gigit (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic gigit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian gitgit.

gigit (Malay): to bite

Definitions

  1. to bite

Ancestry of “gigit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicgigit—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiangitgit—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian gitgit →