Where does “kesukaan” come from?
kesukaan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian suka, from Malay suka, from Sanskrit सुख, from Sanskrit सु-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁su-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wes- — good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast.
kesukaan (Indonesian): liking, favourite
Definitions
- liking, favourite
Ancestry of “kesukaan”, step by step
kesukaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian suka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | suka | pleasure; like; love |
| 2 | Malay | suka | to like, to love; happiness, joy; pleasure |
| 3 | Sanskrit | सुख | running swiftly or easily only applied to cars or chariots, superlative, easy |
| 4 | Sanskrit | सु- | good, well |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hsu- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hsu- | good |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁su- | good |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wes- | good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast |
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 | — |