Where does “tengah hari” come from?

tengah hari (Malay) comes from Malay hari, from Proto-Malayic ari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian waʀi, from Proto-Austronesian waʀi — day; sun; to dry.

tengah hari (Malay): noon

Definitions

  1. noon

Ancestry of “tengah hari”, step by step

tengah hari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay hari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhariday
2Proto-Malayicariday
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwaʀiday
4Proto-Austronesianwaʀiday; sun; to dry

via Malay tengah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytengahmiddle, midst, centre; middle
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantəŋaqcentre; half

Words derived from “tengah hari”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian waʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian waʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayic ari →