Where does “ken” come from?
ken (Indonesian) comes from Javanese ꦏꦺꦤ꧀, from Old Javanese ken, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain.
ken (Indonesian): honorific for male and female children; fist
Definitions
- honorific for male and female children; fist
Ancestry of “ken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Javanese | ꦏꦺꦤ꧀ | — |
| 2 | Old Javanese | ken | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *kain | — |