Where does “kedalaman” come from?
kedalaman (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian dalam, from Malay dalam, from Javanese ꦢꦊꦩ꧀, from Old Javanese dalem, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daləm, from Proto-Austronesian daləm — inside; deep.
kedalaman (Indonesian): depth, deepness; profundity
Definitions
- depth, deepness; profundity
Ancestry of “kedalaman”, step by step
kedalaman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian dalam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | dalam | deep; inside, indoors; interior |
| 2 | Malay | dalam | deep; inside, in, within; indoor |
| 3 | Javanese | ꦢꦊꦩ꧀ | in, inside, within |
| 4 | Old Javanese | dalem | interior inner part |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | daləm | inside; deep |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | daləm | inside; deep |
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 | — |