Where does “kesukaran” come from?

kesukaran (Indonesian) comes from Malay kesukaran, from Malay ke- -an, from Proto-Malayic *kə- -an, from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an.

kesukaran (Indonesian): difficulty

Definitions

  1. difficulty

Ancestry of “kesukaran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykesukaranhardship
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—

Words derived from “kesukaran”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →Every word from Proto-Malayic *kə- -an →Every word from Malay ke- -an →