Where does “ketermakanan” come from?

ketermakanan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian makan, from Malay makan, from Proto-Malayic makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən, from Proto-Austronesian kaən — to eat.

ketermakanan (Indonesian): edibility

Definitions

  1. edibility

Ancestry of “ketermakanan”, step by step

ketermakanan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian makan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmakanto eat
2Malaymakanto eat; consume, spend; to injure or penetrate
3Proto-Malayicmakanto eat
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaənto eat
5Proto-Austronesiankaənto eat

via Indonesian keter- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianketer- -anability
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaən