Where does “kentang” come from?

kentang (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kena, from Malay kena, from Malay کنا, from Norwegian Bokmål kna, from Swedish knåda, from Old Swedish knodha, from Old Norse knoða, from Proto-Germanic knudaną.

kentang (Indonesian): potato

Definitions

  1. potato

Ancestry of “kentang”, step by step

kentang traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian kena

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankenato touch, hit
2Malaykenato incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched...
3Malayکنا
4Norwegian Bokmålknato knead
5Swedishknådato knead
6Old Swedishknodha
7Old Norseknoða
8Proto-Germanicknudanąto knead
9Proto-Indo-Europeangnét-
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵen-

via Indonesian tanggung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantanggungto bear a burden, loss, etc
2Malaytanggungto support on the shoulder
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*taŋguŋ

via Malay kentang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykentangpotato
2Javaneseꦏꦼꦤ꧀ꦛꦁpotato: the tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵen-