Where does “rumah sakit” come from?

rumah sakit (Malay) comes from Malay rumah, from Classical Malay rumah, from Proto-Malayic rumah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian ʀumaq — house.

rumah sakit (Malay): hospital; A hospital, medical care facility

Definitions

  1. hospital; A hospital, medical care facility

Ancestry of “rumah sakit”, step by step

rumah sakit traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay rumah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayrumahhouse; home
2Classical Malayrumahhouse; home
3Proto-Malayicrumahhouse
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀumaqhouse
5Proto-Austronesianʀumaqhouse

via Dutch ziekenhuis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchziekenhuisA hospital, medical care facility; An infirmary
2Middle Dutchsiechuus—

via Malay sakit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysakitill, painful, sick; ill; sick; hurt
2Proto-Austronesian*sakit—

Words derived from “rumah sakit”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ʀumaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀumaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic rumah →