Where does “mudah alih” come from?

mudah alih (Malay) comes from Malay alih, from Proto-Malayic alih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aliq — to move.

mudah alih (Malay): portable, mobile

Definitions

  1. portable, mobile

Ancestry of “mudah alih”, step by step

mudah alih traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay alih

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalihto move; to move, to change place
2Proto-Malayicalihto move
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianaliqto move

via Malay mudah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaymudahWithout much effort; easily
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aliq →Every word from Proto-Malayic alih →Every word from Malay alih →