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

Definitions

  1. close; near

Ancestry of “dekat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydekatnear, close; near; at, in
2Proto-Malayicdəkət—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandəkət—
4Proto-Austronesiandəkət—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian dəkət →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dəkət →Every word from Proto-Malayic dəkət →
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