Where does “ketidak- -an” come from?

ketidak- -an (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tidak, from Malay tidak, from Proto-Malayic daʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian diaq — not.

ketidak- -an (Indonesian): used to form an abstract noun with its meaning reversed or negated

Definitions

  1. used to form an abstract noun with its meaning reversed or negated

Ancestry of “ketidak- -an”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantidaknot
2Malaytidaknot
3Proto-Malayicdaʔ—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandiaqnot

Words derived from “ketidak- -an”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian diaq →