Where does “kata ganti” come from?

kata ganti (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kata, from Malay kata, from Pali kathā, from Sanskrit कथा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH.

kata ganti (Indonesian): pronoun: a type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective

Definitions

  1. pronoun: a type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective

Ancestry of “kata ganti”, step by step

kata ganti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian kata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankataword
2Malaykataword
3Palikathāspeech, story, talk
4Sanskritकथाstory
5Proto-Indo-Iranian*kátʰaH

via Indonesian ganti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiangantideputy, vice
2Malaygantito replace
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH
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