Where does “kegunaan” come from?
kegunaan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian guna, from Malay guna, from Classical Malay guna, from Sanskrit गुण, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
kegunaan (Indonesian): use, purpose, utility
Definitions
- use, purpose, utility
Ancestry of “kegunaan”, step by step
kegunaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian guna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | guna | benefit; purpose, function; goodness |
| 2 | Malay | guna | usage; benefit; purpose, function |
| 3 | Classical Malay | guna | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | गुण | use; talent; virtue |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
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 | — |