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
- potato
Ancestry of “kentang”, step by step
kentang traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian kena
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | kena | to touch, hit |
| 2 | Malay | kena | to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched... |
| 3 | Malay | کنا | — |
| 4 | Norwegian Bokmål | kna | to knead |
| 5 | Swedish | knåda | to knead |
| 6 | Old Swedish | knodha | — |
| 7 | Old Norse | knoða | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | knudaną | to knead |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gnét- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵen- | — |