Where does “kemiskinan” come from?
kemiskinan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian miskin, from Malay miskin, from Arabic مِسْكِين, from Classical Syriac ܡܣܟܝܢܐ, from Aramaic מִסְכֵּינָא, from Akkadian muškēnum — commoner, dependent (a class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own).
kemiskinan (Indonesian): poverty
Definitions
- poverty
Ancestry of “kemiskinan”, step by step
kemiskinan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian miskin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | miskin | poor, needy, unfortunate, impoverished |
| 2 | Malay | miskin | poor, needy, unfortunate, impoverished |
| 3 | Arabic | مِسْكِين | poor, to be pitied |
| 4 | Classical Syriac | ܡܣܟܝܢܐ | poor, poverty-stricken, needy; meager/meagre,... |
| 5 | Aramaic | מִסְכֵּינָא | — |
| 6 | Akkadian | muškēnum | commoner, dependent (a class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own) |
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 | — |