Where does “jahit” come from?

jahit (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *jahit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaqit — to sew.

jahit (Malay): to sew, to stitch

Definitions

  1. to sew, to stitch

Ancestry of “jahit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*jahitto sew
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zaqitto sew

Words derived from “jahit

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaqitEvery word from Proto-Malayic *jahit