Where does “dilah” come from?

dilah (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Austronesian dilaq, from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq.

dilah (Old Javanese): flame

Definitions

  1. flame

Ancestry of “dilah”, step by step

dilah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Austronesian dilaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesiandilaq—
2Proto-Austroasiatic*dilaq—

via Austronesian *dilaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Austronesian*dilaq—

Words derived from “dilah”

Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq →Every word from Proto-Austronesian dilaq →