Where does “kain kasa” come from?
kain kasa (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kasa, from Javanese ꦏꦱ, from Dutch koetsier, from German Kutschier, from German Kutscher, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher.
Ancestry of “kain kasa”, step by step
kain kasa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian kasa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | kasa | gauze |
| 2 | Javanese | ꦏꦱ | — |
| 3 | Dutch | koetsier | coach driver, coacher |
| 4 | German | Kutschier | — |
| 5 | German | Kutscher | coachman |
| 6 | German | Kutsche | carriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor... |
| 7 | French | couché | past participle of coucher; in bed |
| 8 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 9 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 10 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 11 | Latin | collocō | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 12 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 13 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 14 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 18 | Middle English | kyt | — |