Where does “tajam” come from?

tajam (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tazəm, from Proto-Austronesian *Cazəm — sharp.

tajam (Malay): sharp

Definitions

  1. sharp

Ancestry of “tajam”, step by step

tajam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tazəm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tazəmsharp
2Proto-Austronesian*Cazəmsharp

via Proto-Austronesian *tazəm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*tazəm—

Words derived from “tajam”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *Cazəm →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tazəm →
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