Where does “kesenian” come from?

kesenian (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian seni, from Malay seni, from Indonesian se-, from Malay se-, from Old Malay sa-, from Proto-Malayic sA-, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa.

kesenian (Indonesian): art

Definitions

  1. art

Ancestry of “kesenian”, step by step

kesenian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian seni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansenifine; art; genius
2Malaysenidiscrete; fine; art
3Indonesianse-one; same
4Malayse-one; used to form the comparative of adjectives;...
5Old Malaysa-
6Proto-MalayicsA-one
7Proto-Malayicəsa
8Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa
9Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa
10Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
11Proto-Austronesian*əsa
12Proto-Oceanic*isa

via Indonesian ke- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianke- -anness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)"
2Malayke- -anness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)"
3Proto-Malayic*kə- -an
4Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isaEvery word from Proto-Austronesian *əsaEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa