Where does “kebaktian” come from?
kebaktian (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian bakti, from Malay bakti, from English bhakti, from Sanskrit भक्ति, from Sanskrit -ति, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
kebaktian (Indonesian): devotion, faith
Definitions
- devotion, faith
Ancestry of “kebaktian”, step by step
kebaktian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian bakti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | bakti | reverence |
| 2 | Malay | bakti | devotion; dedication; reverence |
| 3 | English | bhakti | devotion to God |
| 4 | Sanskrit | भक्ति | distribution, partition, separation; division,... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | -ति | -ness |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via Indonesian ke- -an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | ke- -an | ness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)" |
| 2 | Malay | ke- -an | ness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)" |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *kə- -an | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *ka- -an | — |