Where does “kereta api bawah tanah” come from?
kereta api bawah tanah (Indonesian) comes from Japanese 地下鉄道, from Japanese 鉄道, from German Eisenbahn, from German Bahn, from Middle High German ban, from Old High German bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic banō.
kereta api bawah tanah (Indonesian): underground railway
Definitions
- underground railway
Ancestry of “kereta api bawah tanah”, step by step
kereta api bawah tanah traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 地下鉄道
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 地下鉄道 | rapid transit, metro; (AmE) subway; (BrE) underground; (BrE) tube (abbr. 地下鉄) |
| 2 | Japanese | 鉄道 | railway |
| 3 | German | Eisenbahn | railway, railroad; train |
| 4 | German | Bahn | route, trail; rail transport; tram, train;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | ban | — |
| 6 | Old High German | bana | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *banu | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | banō | a battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | banô | murderer |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰon-on- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |
via Malay kereta api
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | kereta api | train; train, a line of connected railway cars or... |
| 2 | Malay | Api | fire oxidation reaction |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | api | fire |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | hapuy | fire |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | Sapuy | fire |
via Indonesian bawah tanah
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | bawah tanah | underground |
| 2 | Indonesian | tanah | earth; ground; land |
| 3 | Malay | tanah | ground; land; earth |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | *tanah | earth; soil |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *tanəq | earth, soil, land |