Where does “kasa” come from?

kasa (Balinese) comes from Indonesian kasa, from Javanese ꦏꦱ, from Dutch koetsier, from German Kutschier, from German Kutscher, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher.

kasa (Balinese): wild sugarcane, kans grass (Saccharum spontaneum)

Definitions

  1. wild sugarcane, kans grass (Saccharum spontaneum)

Ancestry of “kasa”, step by step

kasa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian kasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankasagauze
2Javaneseꦏꦱ
3Dutchkoetsiercoach driver, coacher
4GermanKutschier
5GermanKutschercoachman
6GermanKutschecarriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor...
7Frenchcouchépast participle of coucher; in bed
8Frenchcoucherto lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to...
9Middle Frenchcoucherto put to bed; setting
10Old Frenchcouchierto go to bed; to have sex; bedtime
11Latincollocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange
12Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
13Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
14Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
15Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
16Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
17Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
18Middle Englishkyt

via Balinese sa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Balinesesaone
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
3Proto-Austronesian*əsa
4Proto-Oceanic*isa

via Old Javanese kāśa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesekāśawild sugarcane, kans grass (Saccharum spontaneum)
2Sanskritकाशshining-brightly
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look
Every word from Middle English kytEvery word from Latin cōn-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱe