Where does “keenakan” come from?
keenakan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian enak, from Malay enak, from Malay inak, from Proto-Malayic inak.
keenakan (Indonesian): delicacy, deliciousness
Definitions
- delicacy, deliciousness
Ancestry of “keenakan”, step by step
keenakan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian enak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | enak | delicious; yummy |
| 2 | Malay | enak | delicious; yummy |
| 3 | Malay | inak | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | inak | — |
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 | — |