Where does “jilat” come from?

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

jilat (Malay): lick

Definitions

  1. lick

Ancestry of “jilat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*dilah—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandilaqtongue
3Proto-Austronesiandilaq—
4Proto-Austroasiatic*dilaq—

Words derived from “jilat”

Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq →Every word from Proto-Austronesian dilaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dilaq →