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Where does “kati” come from?

kati (Dutch) comes from Malay kati, from Tamil கட்டி, from Tamil கட்டு, from Proto-Dravidian *kaṭ-.

kati (Dutch): A weight defined as one-hundredth of a pikol,...

Definitions

  1. A weight defined as one-hundredth of a pikol,...

Ancestry of “kati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaykatiA weight defined as one-hundredth of a pikol,...
2Tamilகட்டி—
3Tamilகட்டுto tie, to bend, to fasten, to shackles; to...
4Proto-Dravidian*kaṭ-—
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