Where does “lidah buaya” come from?

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

lidah buaya (Malay): aloe vera

Definitions

  1. aloe vera

Ancestry of “lidah buaya”, step by step

lidah buaya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay lidah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylidahtongue organ
2Proto-Malayic*dilah—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandilaqtongue
4Proto-Austronesiandilaq—
5Proto-Austroasiatic*dilaq—

via Malay buaya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybuayacrocodile; playboy, womanizer
2Proto-Malayicbuhayacrocodile
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuqayacrocodile
4Proto-Austronesianbuqayacrocodile
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq →Every word from Proto-Austronesian dilaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dilaq →