Where does “kala” come from?

kala (Classical Malay) comes from Javanese ꦏꦭ, from Old Javanese kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kali, from Proto-Austronesian kalih, from Old Javanese ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.

kala (Classical Malay): any member of scorpiones order; time; During the...

Definitions

  1. any member of scorpiones order; time; During the...

Ancestry of “kala”, step by step

kala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Javanese ꦏꦭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦏꦭtime; season; bird noose or snare
2Old Javanesekaliriver
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankalito dig up; to excavate
4Proto-Austronesiankalihto dig up; to excavate
5Old Javaneseka-passive verb-forming prefix
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
7Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative

via Persian کالا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianکالاthings; goods; commodity
2Proto-Iraniankar-to do, make
3Proto-Indo-Iraniankar-to do, make
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

Words derived from “kala”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →Every word from Old Javanese ka- →Every word from Proto-Austronesian kalih →