Where does “ketidakmasukakalan” come from?

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

ketidakmasukakalan (Indonesian): nonsense

Definitions

  1. nonsense

Ancestry of “ketidakmasukakalan”, step by step

ketidakmasukakalan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian ketidak- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianketidak- -anused to form an abstract noun with its meaning reversed or negated
2Indonesiantidaknot
3Malaytidaknot
4Proto-Malayicdaʔ
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandiaqnot

via Indonesian masuk akal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmasuk akalreasonable, logical
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian diaqEvery word from Proto-Malayic daʔEvery word from Malay tidak