Where does “bagale” come from?
bagale (North Moluccan Malay) comes from North Moluccan Malay gale, from Malay gali, from Malay kali, from Javanese ꦏꦭ, from Old Javanese kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kali, from Proto-Austronesian kalih, from Old Javanese ka- — inchoative.
Ancestry of “bagale”, step by step
bagale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via North Moluccan Malay gale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Moluccan Malay | gale | to dig |
| 2 | Malay | gali | to dig; galley |
| 3 | Malay | kali | Obsolete form of gali; river; times |
| 4 | Javanese | ꦏꦭ | time; season; bird noose or snare |
| 5 | Old Javanese | kali | river |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | kali | to dig up; to excavate |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | kalih | to dig up; to excavate |
| 8 | Old Javanese | ka- | passive verb-forming prefix |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ka- | marker of past time in temporal expressions |
| 10 | Proto-Austronesian | ka- | inchoative |
via North Moluccan Malay ba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Moluccan Malay | ba | — |