Where does “masuk air” come from?

masuk air (Malay) comes from Malay air, from Proto-Malayic air, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ — water.

masuk air (Malay): crazy; goofy; silly; nuts

Definitions

  1. crazy; goofy; silly; nuts

Ancestry of “masuk air”, step by step

masuk air traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay air

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayairwater; a cockfight round which started by...
2Proto-Malayicairwater
3Proto-Malayo-Chamicairwater
4Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanwairwater
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwahiʀwater

via Malay masuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaymasukTo enter
2Proto-Malayic*masuk—
3Proto-Austronesian*suk—
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