Where does “kejahatan ringan” come from?

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

kejahatan ringan (Indonesian): petty crime

Definitions

  1. petty crime

Ancestry of “kejahatan ringan”, step by step

kejahatan ringan 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 ringan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianringanlight in weight
2Malayringanlight in weight
3Classical Malayريڠن—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaqat →