Where does “hari jadi” come from?

hari jadi (Malay) comes from Malay hari, from Proto-Malayic ari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian waʀi, from Proto-Austronesian waʀi — day; sun; to dry.

hari jadi (Malay): birthday; one's anniversary of the day one was born

Definitions

  1. birthday; one's anniversary of the day one was born

Ancestry of “hari jadi”, step by step

hari jadi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay hari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhariday
2Proto-Malayicariday
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwaʀiday
4Proto-Austronesianwaʀiday; sun; to dry

via Malay jadi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayjadito become; so
2Sanskritजातिbirth, production; rebirth; the form of existence...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁tisbirth, production
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “hari jadi

Every word from Proto-Austronesian waʀi
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