Where does “kaca” come from?

kaca (Indonesian) comes from Javanese ꦏꦕ, from Old Javanese kaca, from Sanskrit काच — glass; crystal, quartz; alkaline salt, block salt.

kaca (Indonesian): glass, window; mirror; example

Definitions

  1. glass, window; mirror; example

Ancestry of “kaca”, step by step

kaca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Javanese ꦏꦕ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦏꦕpage; glass
2Old Javanesekacaglass
3Sanskritकाचglass; crystal, quartz; alkaline salt, block salt

via Malay kaca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykacaglass; glass, window; mirror
2Classical Malaykaca—

Words derived from “kaca”

Every word from Sanskrit काच →Every word from Old Javanese kaca →Every word from Javanese ꦏꦕ →