Where does “pemadam api” come from?

pemadam api (Malay) comes from Malay Api, from Proto-Malayic api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

pemadam api (Malay): fire extinguisher

Definitions

  1. fire extinguisher

Ancestry of “pemadam api”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayApifire oxidation reaction
2Proto-Malayicapifire
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
4Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire

Words derived from “pemadam api”

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