Where does “kelas” come from?

kelas (Indonesian) comes from Malay kelas, from Dutch klas, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse, from Russian класс — to call, cry, summon.

kelas (Indonesian): class

Definitions

  1. class

Ancestry of “kelas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykelasclass
2Dutchklasa school class; a classroom; travel class
3Frenchclasseclass, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"...
4Italianclasseclass; classroom; style
5Spanishclaselecture; class; kind, sort, type
6Portugueseclasseclass, kind; class; elegance; class
7Germanklassegreat, awesome
8Russianклассclass
9Latinclassisany one of the five divisions into which Servius...
10Proto-Italicklāssis
11Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₁-to call, cry, summon

Words derived from “kelas

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁-