Where does “kepembacaan” come from?
kepembacaan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian pembaca, from Indonesian baca, from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा, from Sanskrit वाच्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wā́kš, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
kepembacaan (Indonesian): readership
Definitions
- readership
Ancestry of “kepembacaan”, step by step
kepembacaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian pembaca
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | pembaca | reader |
| 2 | Indonesian | baca | to read |
| 3 | Malay | baca | to read |
| 4 | Sanskrit | वाचा | verbally; oath, holy word, word, sacred text;... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | वाच् | speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum etc.) |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wā́kš | speech, voice; sound? |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
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 | — |