Where does “kicap ikan” come from?

kicap ikan (Malay) comes from Malay kicap, from Hainanese 膎汁, from Indonesian kecap, from Hokkien 膎汁.

kicap ikan (Malay): fish sauce

Definitions

  1. fish sauce

Ancestry of “kicap ikan”, step by step

kicap ikan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay kicap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykicapsoy sauce
2Hainanese膎汁—
3Indonesiankecapsoy sauce; sound of tongue smacking
4Hokkien膎汁—

via Malay ikan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayikanfish
2Proto-Malayicikanfish
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhikanfish
4Proto-AustronesianSikanfish
Every word from Hokkien 膎汁 →Every word from Indonesian kecap →Every word from Hainanese 膎汁 →
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