Where does “kejahatan kecil” come from?

kejahatan kecil (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kejahatan, from Malay kejahatan, from Malay jahat, from Proto-Malayic jahat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaqat — bad, evil; ugly.

kejahatan kecil (Indonesian): minor offense

Definitions

  1. minor offense

Ancestry of “kejahatan kecil”, step by step

kejahatan kecil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian kejahatan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankejahatancrime
2Malaykejahatanevil; crime
3Malayjahatbad, evil; naughty, undisciplined; malicious
4Proto-Malayicjahatbad, evil
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzaqatbad, evil; ugly

via Indonesian kecil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankecillittle; small; young
2Malaykecilsmall, little
3Classical Malaykecillittle; small; young
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaqat →
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