Where does “ke-” come from?
ke- (Indonesian) comes from Malay ke-, from Proto-Malayic *(i)ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ika-, from Proto-Austronesian Sika-, from Finnish Sika, from Proto-Finnic cika, from Proto-West Germanic tigā — she-goat.
ke- (Indonesian): -th; group; having characteristics of
Definitions
- -th; group; having characteristics of
Ancestry of “ke-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | ke- | -th; group; having characteristics of |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | *(i)ka- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *ika- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | Sika- | — |
| 5 | Finnish | Sika | — |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | cika | pig |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | tigā | she-goat |