Where does “kelakuan” come from?
kelakuan (Indonesian) comes from Proto-West Germanic laku, from Finnish lakritsi, from Swedish lakrits, from Late Latin liquiritia, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα, from Ancient Greek γλυκύς, from Proto-Hellenic *dlukús.
kelakuan (Indonesian): act, action
Definitions
- act, action
Ancestry of “kelakuan”, step by step
kelakuan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-West Germanic laku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | laku | stream; pool, lake |
| 2 | Finnish | lakritsi | licorice, liquorice |
| 3 | Swedish | lakrits | licorice/liquorice |
| 4 | Late Latin | liquiritia | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γλυκύρριζα | licorice |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γλυκύς | sweet |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *dlukús | — |
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 | — |