Where does “katakan” come from?

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

katakan (Indonesian): to say

Definitions

  1. to say

Ancestry of “katakan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankataword
2Malaykataword
3Palikathāspeech, story, talk
4Sanskritकथाstory
5Proto-Indo-Iranian*kátʰaH—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH →