Where does “setengah” come from?
setengah (Malay) comes from Malay se, from Malay ĕsă, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.
setengah (Malay): a half
Definitions
- a half
Ancestry of “setengah”, step by step
setengah traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay se
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | se | one |
| 2 | Malay | ĕsă | Obsolete spelling of esa |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | əsa | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | əsa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | əsa | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | əsa | one |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | *əsa | — |
| 8 | Proto-Oceanic | *isa | — |
via Indonesian tengah
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | tengah | middle |
| 2 | Malay | tengah | middle, midst, centre; middle |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | təŋaq | centre; half |
via Indonesian se
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | se | — |