Where does “jagat” come from?
jagat (Indonesian) comes from Malay jagat, from Sanskrit जगत्, from Sanskrit गम्, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.
jagat (Indonesian): world
Ancestry of “jagat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | jagat | world |
| 2 | Sanskrit | जगत् | wind, air; the world, the universe; body, the... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | गम् | to go, move, come |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |