Where does “داهي” come from?

داهي (Pattani Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic dahi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqih, from Proto-Austronesian daqiS — forehead.

داهي (Pattani Malay): forehead

Definitions

  1. forehead

Ancestry of “داهي”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicdahiforehead
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaqihforehead
3Proto-AustronesiandaqiSforehead
Every word from Proto-Austronesian daqiS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqih →Every word from Proto-Malayic dahi →