Where does “kèkèr” come from?

kèkèr (Betawi) comes from Dutch kijker, from Dutch -er, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

kèkèr (Betawi): telescope

Definitions

  1. telescope

Ancestry of “kèkèr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkijkertelescope; pair of binoculars; viewer
2Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
3Old Dutch-āri—
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →