Where does “ketat” come from?

ketat (Indonesian) comes from Proto-Malayic *ka-hətət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qətqət, from Proto-Austronesian *qəCqəC.

ketat (Indonesian): tight, strict

Definitions

  1. tight, strict

Ancestry of “ketat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*ka-hətət—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qətqət—
3Proto-Austronesian*qəCqəC—

Words derived from “ketat”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qəCqəC →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qətqət →Every word from Proto-Malayic *ka-hətət →