Where does “keketatan” come from?

keketatan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian ketat, from Proto-Malayic *ka-hətət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qətqət, from Proto-Austronesian *qəCqəC.

keketatan (Indonesian): strictness, tightness

Definitions

  1. strictness, tightness

Ancestry of “keketatan”, step by step

keketatan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian ketat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianketattight, strict
2Proto-Malayic*ka-hətət
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qətqət
4Proto-Austronesian*qəCqəC

via Indonesian ke- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianke- -anness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)"
2Malayke- -anness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)"
3Proto-Malayic*kə- -an
4Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qəCqəC