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
- strictness, tightness
Ancestry of “keketatan”, step by step
keketatan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian ketat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | ketat | tight, strict |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | *ka-hətət | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *qətqət | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *qəCqəC | — |
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 | — |