Where does “kedudukan” come from?

kedudukan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian duduk, from Malay duduk, from Classical Malay duduk, from Proto-Malayic duduk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dukduk — to sit; be seated.

kedudukan (Indonesian): residency

Definitions

  1. residency

Ancestry of “kedudukan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiandudukto reside; to sit down; to be sitting; to be...
2Malaydudukto sit; to stay at a place
3Classical Malaydudukreside, sit; to reside; to sit down
4Proto-Malayicduduk—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*dukdukto sit; be seated
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dukduk →Every word from Proto-Malayic duduk →Every word from Classical Malay duduk →
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