Where does “brokap” come from?

brokap (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian berapa, from Malay berapa, from Malay apa, from Proto-Malayic apa, from Proto-Austronesian *apa.

brokap (Indonesian): how many, how much

Definitions

  1. how many, how much

Ancestry of “brokap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianberapahow many, how much
2Malayberapahow many, how much
3Malayapawhat; "introduces a question"
4Proto-Malayicapawhat
5Proto-Austronesian*apa—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *apa →Every word from Proto-Malayic apa →Every word from Malay apa →