Where does “keterdesakan” come from?
keterdesakan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian desak, from Malay desak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəsək.
keterdesakan (Indonesian): urgency
Definitions
- urgency
Ancestry of “keterdesakan”, step by step
keterdesakan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian desak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | desak | to urge |
| 2 | Malay | desak | to urge, to insist |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *dəsək | — |
via Indonesian keter- -an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | keter- -an | ability |