Where does “kanda” come from?
kanda (Indonesian) comes from Malay kanda, from Malay kakak, from Proto-Malayic kakaʔ, from Proto-Oceanic *kaka.
kanda (Indonesian): brother
Ancestry of “kanda”, step by step
kanda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay kanda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | kanda | older sister; older sibling; older brother |
| 2 | Malay | kakak | sister; sibling; brother |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | kakaʔ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Oceanic | *kaka | — |
via Old Javanese kaṇḍa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Javanese | kaṇḍa | section |
| 2 | Sanskrit | खण्ड | chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;... |