Where does “kokoh” come from?

kokoh (Indonesian) comes from Malay kukuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuq — stick to, adhere firmly.

kokoh (Indonesian): tenacious, solid (especially a building)

Definitions

  1. tenacious, solid (especially a building)

Ancestry of “kokoh”, step by step

kokoh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay kukuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykukuhtenacious
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kukuqstick to, adhere firmly

via Min Nan 哥哥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Min Nan哥哥—

Words derived from “kokoh”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuq →Every word from Malay kukuh →