Where does “tasik” come from?

tasik (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tasik — sea; saltwater.

tasik (Malay): lake; sea

Definitions

  1. lake; sea

Ancestry of “tasik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayictasiksea; lake
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantasiksea; saltwater

Words derived from “tasik”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tasik →Every word from Proto-Malayic tasik →
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