Where does “lurah dada” come from?

lurah dada (Malay) comes from Malay dada, from Proto-Malayic *dada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian daSdaS — chest.

lurah dada (Malay): cleavage (separation between breasts)

Definitions

  1. cleavage (separation between breasts)

Ancestry of “lurah dada”, step by step

lurah dada traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay dada

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydadachest
2Proto-Malayic*dadachest
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandahdahchest
4Proto-AustronesiandaSdaSchest

via Indonesian lurah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IndonesianlurahThe chief executive officer in a subdistrict...
2Javaneseꦭꦸꦫꦃvillage chief
Every word from Proto-Austronesian daSdaS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahdah →Every word from Proto-Malayic *dada →
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