Where does “kecap manis” come from?

kecap manis (English) comes from Dutch ketjap, from Indonesian kecap, from Hokkien 膎汁.

kecap manis (English): A kind of thick, sweet, and flavourful soy sauce used in Indonesian cuisine

Definitions

  1. A kind of thick, sweet, and flavourful soy sauce used in Indonesian cuisine

Ancestry of “kecap manis”, step by step

kecap manis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch ketjap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchketjapkecap, Indonesian soy sauce
2Indonesiankecapsoy sauce; sound of tongue smacking
3Hokkien膎汁—

via Malay manis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymanissweet; attractive; lovely; lovely
2Proto-Malayic*(ma-)(h)əmis—
Every word from Hokkien 膎汁 →Every word from Indonesian kecap →Every word from Dutch ketjap →