Where does “kalih” come from?

kalih (Proto-Austronesian) comes from Old Javanese alih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aliq — to move.

kalih (Proto-Austronesian): to dig up; to excavate

Definitions

  1. to dig up; to excavate

Ancestry of “kalih”, step by step

kalih traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Javanese alih

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesealihtwo
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianaliqto move

via Balinese alih

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Balinesealih—

via Old Javanese kalih,kālih

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesekalih,kālih—

Words derived from “kalih”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aliq →Every word from Old Javanese alih →