Where does “bakal” come from?

bakal (Indonesian) comes from Malay bakal, from Old Javanese bakal, from Proto-Austroasiatic *[b]kəl[ ].

bakal (Indonesian): material (destined for something)

Definitions

  1. material (destined for something)

Ancestry of “bakal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybakalfuture; prospective; candidate; expectant used before a noun to indicate what someone or something will become
2Old Javanesebakalfuture, prospective
3Proto-Austroasiatic*[b]kəl[ ]—

Words derived from “bakal”

Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *[b]kəl[ ] →