Where does “keker” come from?

keker (Indonesian) comes from Dutch kijker, from Dutch -er, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

keker (Indonesian): binoculars

Definitions

  1. binoculars

Ancestry of “keker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkijkertelescope; pair of binoculars; viewer
2Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
3Old Dutch-āri
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Dutch -er
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