Where does “dekat” come from?
dekat (Indonesian) comes from Malay dekat, from Proto-Malayic dəkət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dəkət, from Proto-Austronesian dəkət.
dekat (Indonesian): close; near
Ancestry of “dekat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Malay | dekat | near, close; near; at, in |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | dəkət | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | dəkət | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | dəkət | — |