Where does “ยฺาเฮะ” come from?

ยฺาเฮะ (Urak Lawoi') comes from Proto-Malayic *jahit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaqit — to sew.

ยฺาเฮะ (Urak Lawoi'): to sew

Definitions

  1. to sew

Ancestry of “ยฺาเฮะ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*jahitto sew
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zaqitto sew
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaqitEvery word from Proto-Malayic *jahit