Where does “kesalahpahaman” come from?
kesalahpahaman (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian salah paham, from Dutch misverstaan, from Dutch verstaan, from Middle Dutch verstaen, from Middle Dutch ver-, from Middle Dutch er-, from Old Dutch ur-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ- — out, outward.
kesalahpahaman (Indonesian): misunderstanding
Definitions
- misunderstanding
Ancestry of “kesalahpahaman”, step by step
kesalahpahaman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian salah paham
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | salah paham | to misconstrue, to misunderstand |
| 2 | Dutch | misverstaan | to misunderstand (language, words; hear incorrectly) |
| 3 | Dutch | verstaan | to understand (language, words), to hear clearly |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | verstaen | to be responsible for; to understand; to hear |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | ver- | Forms verbs indicating change away from a state;... |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | er- | — |
| 7 | Old Dutch | ur- | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
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 | — |