Where does “kerah putih” come from?
kerah putih (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kerah, from Malay kerah, from Persian کره, from Arabic كره, from Arabic كُرَة, from Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴, from Ancient Greek Ἴων, from Ancient Greek Ἰᾱ́ϝων — Ionian.
kerah putih (Indonesian): white-collar
Definitions
- white-collar
Ancestry of “kerah putih”, step by step
kerah putih traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian kerah
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | kerah | corvee |
| 2 | Malay | kerah | corvee |
| 3 | Persian | کره | butter; colt, foal; globe, sphere |
| 4 | Arabic | كره | to be disgusted, to feel disgust; to detest, to... |
| 5 | Arabic | كُرَة | ball; a ball, a mass, a clump; a ball, a mass, a... |
| 6 | Old Persian | 𐎹𐎢𐎴 | Ionia |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἴων | one of the Ionians; a native or inhabitant of... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἰᾱ́ϝων | Ionian |
via Indonesian putih
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | putih | white |
| 2 | Malay | putih | white |
| 3 | Classical Malay | putih | white |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | putih | white |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)putiq | white |